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British Columbia sues OpenAI, Altman over school shooting
By The BriefBrief · Sources (14)
Filed: Sep 22, 2026 at 2:14 AM ET
Summary: British Columbia filed a lawsuit in San Francisco federal court against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging a February school mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge could have been prevented if the company had warned local law enforcement about the shooter’s ChatGPT use. The province seeks damages for recovery and a court order requiring changes to how violent-risk ChatGPT conversations are handled.
WHO: British Columbia; OpenAI; Sam Altman
WHAT: British Columbia sued OpenAI and Sam Altman over alleged failure to alert police about the shooter’s ChatGPT use.
WHEN: Sep 22, 2026
WHERE: USA
WHY: The province alleges the deadly attack could have been prevented if OpenAI had warned local law enforcement that the shooter used ChatGPT to plan the massacre.
Sources (14):
Al Jazeera,
CBS News,
CNET News,
Engadget,
Financial Times,
Global News Canada,
NBC News,
NPR,
South China Morning Post,
Straits Times,
TechCrunch,
The Guardian World,
The Hindu,
The Verge
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