{"id":98031,"date":"2026-07-07T18:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/98031\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:35:09","slug":"canada-province-preparing-lawsuit-against-openai-over-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/98031\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada province preparing lawsuit against OpenAI over school shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> The tiny Canadian mining town of Tumbler Ridge was devastated by a February mass shooting (Paige Taylor White) <\/p>\n

British Columbia said Tuesday it was preparing a lawsuit against OpenAI over the company’s failure to report violent ChatGPT activity by the person who committed a mass school shooting in the western Canadian province. <\/p>\n

OpenAI had banned an account linked to Jesse Van Rootselaar in June 2025, eight months before the 18-year-old transgender woman killed eight people at her home and a school in the tiny mining town of Tumbler Ridge. <\/p>\n

Canadian families impacted by the February shooting have already filed lawsuits against the US tech giant in a California court. <\/p>\n

British Columbia said Tuesday it was preparing a separate case, in coordination with the families, and had retained lawyers both in Canada and California. <\/p>\n

Provincial Attorney General Niki Sharma told reporters that the province wanted to hold OpenAI and its decision-makers “accountable for their failure to notify law enforcement of the violent prompts made on its ChatGPT platform by the perpetrator prior to the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge.” <\/p>\n

“British Columbia has never shied away from taking on powerful corporations when their actions cause harm to people and communities,” she added. <\/p>\n

In April, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman apologized to residents of Tumbler Ridge, saying in a public letter that he was “deeply sorry that we did not alert law enforcement to the account that was banned in June.” <\/p>\n

“While I know words can never be enough, I believe an apology is necessary to recognize the harm and irreversible loss your community has suffered,” Altman wrote. <\/p>\n

Van Rootselaar killed her mother and brother at the family’s home before heading to the local secondary school, where she shot dead five children and a teacher. <\/p>\n

She died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after police entered the building. <\/p>\n

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