{"id":218838,"date":"2026-03-01T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/prosperitys-path-openai-has-shown-it-cannot-be-trusted-canada-needs-nationalized-public-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T16:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T21:25:09","slug":"prosperitys-path-openai-has-shown-it-cannot-be-trusted-canada-needs-nationalized-public-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/prosperitys-path-openai-has-shown-it-cannot-be-trusted-canada-needs-nationalized-public-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosperity&#8217;s Path: OpenAI has shown it cannot be trusted. Canada needs nationalized, public AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/commentary\/article-openai-tumbler-ridge-chatgpt\/\">Prosperity&#8217;s Path: OpenAI has shown it cannot be trusted. Canada needs nationalized, public AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/commentary\/article-openai-tumbler-ridge-chatgpt\/\">https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/commentary\/article-openai-tumbler-ridge-chatgpt\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-01 16:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theglobeandmail.com\">www.theglobeandmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Nathan Sanders is a data scientist affiliated with the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University. Bruce Schneier is a lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Munk School at the University of Toronto. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">They are the authors of Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Politics, Government, and Citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>This essay is part of the Prosperity\u2019s Path series. In a time of geopolitical instability and a shifting world order, the challenges facing Canada&#8217;s economy have only gotten more visible, numerous and intense. This series brings solutions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Canada has a choice to make about its artificial intelligence future. The Carney administration is investing $2-billion over five years in its Sovereign AI Compute Strategy. Will any value generated by \u201csovereign AI\u201d be captured in Canada, making a difference in the lives of Canadians, or is this just a passthrough to investment in American Big Tech?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Forcing the question is OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, which has been pushing an \u201cOpenAI for Countries\u201d initiative. It is not the only one eyeing its share of the $2-billion, but it appears to be the most aggressive. OpenAI\u2019s top lobbyist in the region has met with Ottawa officials, including Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">All the while, OpenAI was less than open. The company had flagged the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooter\u2019s ChatGPT interactions, which included gun-violence chats. Employees wanted to alert law enforcement but were rebuffed. Maybe there is a discussion to be had about users\u2019 privacy. But even after the shooting, the OpenAI representative who met with the B.C. government said nothing.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"u-visually-hidden\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\"><span class=\"caption text-gmr-4\">People attend a vigil for the victims of a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. OpenAI had flagged the shooter\u2019s troubling ChatGPT interactions prior to the tragedy, but employees who wanted to alert law enforcement were rebuffed.<\/span><span class=\"credit text-gmr-5\">Christinne Muschi\/The Canadian Press<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">When tech&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/commentary\/article-openai-tumbler-ridge-chatgpt\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosperity&#8217;s Path: OpenAI has shown it cannot be trusted. 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