AI Law Wiki News for September 23, 2026 — Episode 2

Episode summary British Columbia and a school district sued OpenAI over an alleged failure to warn police before the Tumbler Ridge shooting. Amazon’s amended Perplexity complaint raises new questions about an AI shopping agent’s access to customer accounts. California signed seven data-centre oversight laws, while New York set a registration timetable for large frontier-AI developers. Three U.S. senators sought an investigation into reported military AI errors, and the Tenth Circuit proposed human verification of AI-assisted court filings.

Episode 2 · September 23, 2026 News cutoff: September 23, 2026, 7:30 a.m. America/New_York (EDT). These stories were first covered on the wiki after the stories in Episode 1. Event dates are identified below.

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1. British Columbia sues OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge shooting

Event: 2026-09-21. Wiki edition: 2026-09-22. Wiki coverage · Canonical article Sources: Filed complaint (ECF 1) · British Columbia Attorney General · Canadian Press via CityNews

2. Amazon amends Perplexity complaint over Comet cloud access

Event: 2026-09-21. Wiki edition: 2026-09-22. Wiki coverage · Canonical article Sources: First amended complaint (ECF 122) · Bad Signal

3. California signs seven data-centre oversight laws

Event: 2026-09-21. Wiki edition: 2026-09-21. Wiki coverage · Canonical article Sources: California Governor · CalMatters

4. New York sets November registration for frontier AI developers

Event: 2026-09-21. Wiki edition: 2026-09-22. Wiki coverage · Canonical article Sources: New York Governor · amNewYork

5. Senators seek inspector-general investigation of military AI errors

Event: 2026-09-21. Wiki edition: 2026-09-22. Wiki coverage · Canonical article Sources: Senator Reed: release and letter · CNN interview transcript

6. Tenth Circuit proposes human verification for AI-assisted filings

Event: 2026-09-18. Wiki edition: 2026-09-23. Wiki coverage · Canonical article Sources: Proposed rules, Rule 46.5 · Court memorandum · Law Week Colorado

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