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Canada summons OpenAI reps over school shooting suspect’s ChatGPT account
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Canada summons OpenAI reps over school shooting suspect’s ChatGPT account

Politico Europe · Feb 24, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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The account was flagged internally months before the shooting.

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