AI changes the conversation around California’s wiretap law
By Maria Dinzeo ( August 21, 2026, 00:20 GMT | Comment) -- An early wiretapping ruling against Otter.ai offers clues—and exposes complications—for courts considering similar privacy claims against ChatGPT and Grok.A US federal judge recently refused to throw out wiretapping claims against Otter.ai, opening the door for the company to be treated as a third party eavesdropper under the California Invasion of Privacy Act. While the case is still in its infancy, US District Judge Eumi Lee’s ruling offers a look at how courts are applying California’s decades-old wiretapping law to AI tools, and gives an early indication of how they might treat chatbots, the most recent crop of CIPA targets....
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