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2 September 2026

OpenAI hit with 30 new lawsuits over Canadian school shooting

Thirty lawsuits were filed against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in a San Francisco federal court by people present at a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. Plaintiffs allege that OpenAI's internal safety team flagged the shooter's conversations as a credible threat and recommended alerting police, but the company's global affairs team overruled that recommendation; new filings escalate claims to aiding and abetting the shooting.

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