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  "id": 9189992,
  "title": "Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/lawsuit-demands-openai-pay-for-new-school-after-chatgpt-used-in-9189992",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-22T19:28:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ars Technica Policy",
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    "url": "https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/lawsuit-demands-openai-pay-for-new-school-after-chatgpt-used-in-shooting/"
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  "account": "The families of victims killed in one of Canada's deadliest mass shootings have sued OpenAI, alleging the company failed to warn law enforcement about the shooter's plans to use ChatGPT for violence. Now, British Columbia is suing, explaining the devastating impact on the remote mining community of Tumbler Ridge. The province argues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman must make significant changes to prevent future ChatGPT-assisted violence and then pay for the entire cost of rebuilding, recovering, and healing Tumbler Ridge. According to the complaint filed Monday, Tumbler Ridge Secondary School had to be demolished after 18-year-old transgender shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar committed suicide at the school in February, killing five kids, an education assistant, his mother, and half-brother before the shooting.",
  "summary": "British Columbia sues OpenAI, demands Tumbler Ridge shooter’s ChatGPT logs.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/lawsuit-demands-openai-pay-for-new-school-after-chatgpt-used-in",
        "published": "2026-09-22T19:28:23.000Z"
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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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