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OpenAI has said it considered but didn’t alert police about the
activities of the person who months later committed one of
Canada's worst school shootings in Tumbler Ridge, British
Columbia, on Feb. 10.
OpenAI came forward to police after Jesse Van Roostselaar killed
eight people and then herself last month, saying the attacker's
ChatGPT account had been closed but that she evaded the ban by
having a second account.
The legal claim filed in the British Columbia Supreme Court
alleged that OpenAI had “specific knowledge of the shooter
utilizing ChatGPT to plan a mass casualty event like the Tumbler
Ridge mass shooting.”
The lawsuit said OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT was used by the
shooter as a trusted confidante, collaborator and ally, and it
behaves willingly to assist users such as the shooter to plan a
mass casualty event.
A spokeswoman from OpenAI didn’t immediately respond to a
message seeking comment on the lawsuit.
The lawsuit said that as a result of the company’s conduct Maya
Gebala was shot three times at close range, with one bullet
hitting her head, another her neck and the third grazing her
cheek. It said she has a catastrophic brain injury that will
leave her with permanent cognitive and physical disabilities.
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