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title: OpenAI is facing a new round of lawsuits from witnesses and victims of the February mass shooting in a Canadian town; the suspect spent days talking to ChatGPT (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)
link: https://www.techmeme.com/260902/p20#a260902p20
source: techmeme
published: 2026-09-02T13:25:01Z
updated: 2026-09-02T13:25:01Z
first_seen: 2026-09-02T14:07:29.769486161Z
summary: 'Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal: OpenAI is facing a new round of lawsuits from witnesses and victims of the February mass shooting in a Canadian town; the suspect spent days talking to ChatGPT — New lawsuits add to list of cases in which the chatbot maker faces questions about the safety of its products'
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[![](http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png)](https://www.techmeme.com/260902/p20#a260902p20 "Techmeme permalink") Georgia Wells / [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/):\
 **[OpenAI is facing a new round of lawsuits from witnesses and victims of the February mass shooting in a Canadian town; the suspect spent days talking to ChatGPT](https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/openai-lawsuits-mount-over-canadian-school-shooting-ca24c762?st=JmNUeS&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink)**  —  New lawsuits add to list of cases in which the chatbot maker faces questions about the safety of its products