FILE - The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying output from ChatGPT, March 21, 2023, in Boston. Several news organizations, writers and photographers groups are seeking regulations to govern the fast-moving artificial intelligence technology that threatens upheavals for their businesses. In an open letter sent on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, outlined priorities for setting rules on the technology, which is developing faster than regulators can keep up with. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
February 23, 2026
Canada summons OpenAI over failure to report mass shooter
TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — Canada has summoned senior leadership from OpenAI to Ottawa to explain the company’s decision not to report suspicious online activity by a mass shooter who killed eight people this month.
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon told journalists in Ottawa that media reports indicating OpenAI failed to inform Canadian police about a suspicious account before the shooting were “very disturbing.”
“I have summoned the senior safety team from OpenAI in the United States to come here to Ottawa,” Solomon said. “They will come here tomorrow (Tuesday), and we will have a sit-down meeting to get an explanation of their safety protocols.”
