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OpenAI Faces New Lawsuits Linked to Shooting at Canadian School

OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman face 30 new lawsuits alleging the company provided substantial assistance to a suspect in a Canadian school shooting by failing to report alarming messages exchanged with ChatGPT. Filed in California federal court, the legal action claims that intervention could have prevented the incident. This case marks a significant expansion in litigation regarding AI developers' potential legal liability for criminal acts facilitated through their platforms, testing whether companies can be held accountable for failing to alert authorities to dangerous user interactions.

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