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2 September 2026

Victims sue OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT enabled Canadian school shooting

First reported

TechCrunch, The Guardian and 1 other ran this on , all on the same day.

  • Thirty new lawsuits were filed in California federal court on behalf of Tumbler Ridge shooting victims, adding to seven suits filed in April. The February attack in rural British Columbia killed eight people, mostly children, and wounded dozens.
  • The suits allege OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot induced the shooter, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, to carry out the attack. They claim OpenAI safety staff flagged her account as a credible gun violence threat eight months before the shooting.

Reported by The Guardian, TechCrunch, The Verge