DHS Asks OpenAI to Unmask User Behind ChatGPT Prompts, Possibly the First Such Case

The federal government has long leaned on tech companies to fork over user data to aide in its law enforcement investigations. However, while social media companies, search engines, and other tech platforms have all surrendered data in the pursuit of federal probes, AI companies have largely remained an untouched frontier, legally speaking—until now, that is.

Forbes writes that a unit within the Department of Homeland Security that investigates child sex crimes has asked OpenAI to turn over…