OpenAI
OpenAI Foundation (f/k/a OpenAI, Inc.) is recorded as defendant; OpenAI OpCo, LLC is recorded as defendant; OpenAI Holdings, LLC is recorded as defendant; OpenAI Group PBC is recorded as defendant.
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His Majesty the King in Right of the Province of British Columbia v. Altman
Safety & Physical HarmStatus: Active
Cause: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability
- Court
- N.D. Cal.
- Docket
- 3:26-cv-10743
- Filed
- 21 Sept 2026
- AI system
- ChatGPT
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Overview
On 21 September 2026, British Columbia and a school board filed a claim before the District Court of the Northern District of California (San Francisco division) against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman. The Complaint alleges that OpenAI and Sam Altman failed to notify authorities after safety reviewers identified a ChatGPT user’s violent gun-related conversations, allegedly contributing to the public costs arising from the Tumbler Ridge school shooting. The Complaint asserts negligence, negligent undertaking and entrustment, aiding and abetting, and strict-liability design-defect and failure-to-warn claims.
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Latest filing recorded: 5 Oct 2026.