Canada questions OpenAI on ChatGPT safety after school shooting-linked account

Canada’s AI minister summoned OpenAI’s senior safety team to Ottawa to discuss safety protocols after the company decided not to report a Canadian ChatGPT user who police say later killed eight people in a BC school shooting. The user’s account had been banned seven months earlier following internal flags suggesting potential real-world violence; OpenAI said the activity didn’t meet reporting criteria at the time. Ottawa and the RCMP are engaged, and the government is weighing regulatory options on online harms and AI safety safeguards going forward.