B.C. ‘preparing legal action’ against OpenAI in…


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The B.C. government has retained counsel to pursue legal action against OpenAI for the role it alleges the company played in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting.

On Feb. 10, a shooter killed her mother and half-brother, then went to the local secondary school and killed five children, aged 12 and 13, and an educator. The 18-year-old shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police.

On Tuesday morning, Attorney General Niki Sharma told media the province owes it to the community to prevent something like this from happening again.

“The events of Feb. 10 will forever remain a dark chapter in our province’s history,” she said.

She said the company failed to notify law enforcement of violent prompts the shooter made on OpenAI’s ChatGPT platform ahead of the tragedy.

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