Canada Wants OpenAI to Give Safety Proposals After Mass Shooting

The Canadian government says it expects OpenAI Inc. to present “concrete” safety steps after the company opted not to inform police about a teenager from British Columbia who’d played out violent scenarios on ChatGPT.

That person, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, is the lone suspect in one of the worst mass shootings in Canada’s history.

Evan Solomon, the country’s artificial intelligence minister, said after meeting senior OpenAI leaders on Tuesday that Canadians expect AI companies to escalate credible warning signs of potential violence “in a timely and responsible way.”

“We expressed our disappointment that no substantial new safety measures were presented ...