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  "id": 5113166,
  "title": "OpenAI accused of ‘aiding and abetting’ Tumbler Ridge mass shooting in dozens of new lawsuits",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/openai-accused-of-aiding-and-abetting-tumbler-ridge-mass-shooting-in",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-02T14:35:03.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/988261/openai-tumbler-ridge-shooting-lawsuit-aiding-abetting"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman are facing 30 new lawsuits that accuse them of providing \"substantial assistance and encouragement\" to the suspect in Canada's Tumbler Ridge school shooting, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The new wave of lawsuits was filed in a California federal court on Wednesday by the students, teachers, and the principal […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "OpenAI faces 30 more lawsuits tied to Tumbler Ridge shooting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/openai-faces-30-more-lawsuits-tied-to-tumbler-ridge-shooting",
        "published": "2026-09-02T12:09:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Tumbler Ridge shooting survivors among 30 new plaintiffs suing OpenAI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/tumbler-ridge-shooting-survivors-among-30-new-plaintiffs-suing-openai",
        "published": "2026-09-02T12:11:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC Canada",
        "title": "Teachers, students file new wave of lawsuits against OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge shooting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/teachers-students-file-new-wave-of-lawsuits-against-openai-over",
        "published": "2026-09-02T13:13:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Tumbler Ridge mass shooting victims file 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/tumbler-ridge-mass-shooting-victims-file-30-new-lawsuits-against",
        "published": "2026-09-02T13:22:57.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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