OpenAI faces new lawsuits over Canadian mass shooting suspect's ChatGPT use
OpenAI is facing a new round of lawsuits from witnesses and victims of a February mass shooting in a Canadian town, whose suspect spent days talking to ChatGPT. The cases add to existing product-safety litigation against the chatbot maker.
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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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