Families of Canadian Mass Shooting Victims Sue OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in U.S. Court
Families of victims from a Canadian mass shooting have filed lawsuits against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman in a U.S. court, alleging the company failed to warn authorities about a potential threat identified through ChatGPT. The February 2026 shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, killed nine people, many of them children. OpenAI stated it has strengthened safeguards and has a zero-tolerance policy for violence.
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