Canada Summons OpenAI Over School Shooting Suspect's ChatGPT Activity

OTTAWA - Canada's Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon has summoned top safety officials from OpenAI to the capital for urgent discussions on the company's protocols, following revelations that the suspect in a deadly school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, had interacted with ChatGPT months before the attack.

The meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, comes after a Wall Street Journal report detailed how Jesse Van Rootselaar's account on the AI platform was banned in June 2025 for violating content policies. According to the report, the account featured troubling posts, including fictional scenarios involving gun violence. OpenAI employees reportedly considered notifying authorities at the time but ultimately did not, determining that the content lacked credible or imminent threats to public safety.

Solomon, who contacted the company over the weekend, expressed grave concern over the matter. "Like many Canadians, I am deeply disturbed by reports that concerning online activity from the suspect was not reported to law enforcement in a timely manner," he said in a statement Saturday. He emphasized that Canadians expect online platforms to maintain robust safety...