Jean-Christophe Belisle-Pipon
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“Failing to call the police is one thing. Teaching a user how to slip past your own safeguards is another,”
Jean-Christophe Belisle-Pipon · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26
Belisle-Pipon said ChatGPT's reported content advising the attacker on how to evade safeguards could affect the case.
“That speaks to how restrictive Canadian law is on damages. Awards for pain and suffering are capped, and punitive damages are rare and modest,”
Jean-Christophe Belisle-Pipon · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26
Belisle-Pipon explained why British Columbia likely pursued its case in a US court rather than a Canadian court.
“If those facts are validated in court, this is no longer only a failure to warn. It becomes a question of what the product itself contributed, and I think the claimants will have a very strong case.”
Jean-Christophe Belisle-Pipon · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26
Belisle-Pipon said that if facts about ChatGPT teaching the user to evade safeguards are validated in court, claimants will have a very strong case.
“A Canadian judgement is unlikely to offset what the province now has to cover.”
Jean-Christophe Belisle-Pipon · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26
Belisle-Pipon told Al Jazeera that a Canadian judgement is unlikely to offset the costs the province now has to cover.