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Canadian legal actions against OpenAI are raising broader questions about whether artificial intelligence firms can be held responsible for mass shootings and similar violent incidents, with experts debating the scope of liability and whether AI companies have a duty to warn users about potential harms. The lawsuits mark an emerging frontier in AI accountability, challenging the tech industry's traditional shield from liability for user-generated content and exploring whether generative AI systems themselves could be implicated in enabling or contributing to violence.