British Columbia filed suit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on 2026-09-21 in California, alleging the company could have prevented a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge if it had warned police about the shooter's ChatGPT activity. OpenAI reviewers had internally wanted to alert law enforcement before the attack occurred.
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British Columbia filed a lawsuit in California on Monday against OpenAI, alleging it could have used ChatGPT logs to warn police and avert a mass shooting in the Canadian province earlier this year.
British Columbia filed a lawsuit on Monday against OpenAI in California over the company’s failure to report violent activity on its ChatGPT service by the person who committed a mass school shooting in the western Canadian province. British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma said in July that the province planned legal action against the US tech giant for its connection to the deadly February
The province claims in its lawsuit that the shooting at a rural school “could have been prevented” if OpenAI had shared concerns brewing internally with the police.
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British Columbia sues OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge school shooting Reuters
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British Columbia has accused the company of failing to report the shooter's troubling interactions with ChatGPT to law enforcement.
British Columbia lawsuit implicates ChatGPT, claiming tech firm ignored deadly threats and demanding safety overhauls.
British Columbia sues OpenAI in US court over Canada school shooting
Canadian province alleges deadly attack could have been prevented if company had warned police of shooter’s ChatGPT use British Columbia has sued OpenAI in California, saying a mass shooting at a school in the province could have been prevented if the company had warned local law enforcement that the shooter had used ChatGPT to plan the massacre. The lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court
The province of British Columbia sued the company for failing to alert authorities about the shooter’s violent ChatGPT conversations, despite it being flagged internally. The province of British Columbia sued the company for failing to alert authorities about the shooter’s violent ChatGPT conversations, despite it being flagged internally.
British Columbia sues OpenAI, demands Tumbler Ridge shooter’s ChatGPT logs.
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Altman apologized for not alerting law enforcement, even after OpenAI staff flagged the account internally for extensive ChatGPT conversations about gun violence. The lawsuit alleges OpenAI promised reforms, but didn't follow through. It was one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canadian history. British Columbia sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, in California over a mass shooting at one of it
www.bbc.com/news/article... British Columbia has accused the company of failing to report the shooter's troubling interactions with ChatGPT to law enforcement.
B.C. is demanding compensation after it says OpenAI's reviewers wanted to call police about the Tumbler Ridge shooter before the attack.