The Canadian Medical Association released a new study that says calls to Ontario’s mental health hotline for gambling issues have skyrocketed over 300% among young men since the province legalized private online gambling in 2022.

Calls from 15 to 24-year-olds, in particular, increased by 317%. The report comes as betting volume in Ontario hit a record high of $9.5 billion in January.

In other news, a bear pooped in the woods.

Moving on, today’s feature story breaks down the controversy surrounding OpenAI’s failure to report concerning messages from the Tumbler Ridge shooter to the RCMP before the attack.

How do we find a balance between public safety and the civil liberties of individuals using private chatbots?

Take a read, and please don’t forget to vote in our poll.

-Neil Malik

OpenAI now admits that if the same thing happened today, they would have reported the shooter’s account to the RCMP under new protocols released since the shooting.

That’s an admission their old safety net was full of holes. 

In the case of public safety, it’s simply not good enough to let companies make up their own rules.

As we seek accountability after what happened in Tumbler Ridge, we shouldn’t accidentally turn the internet into a place of mass surveillance.

Tech companies are at the center of nearly everything we write, including emails, text messages, and cloud documents. A law professor argues such regulations would eventually apply to virtually all written content. Talk about overreach.