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Families Sue OpenAI Over Tombleridge Shooting

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A shooting described as the worst in Canadian history has occurred at a school. While chat logs between ChatGPT and the shooter are not yet public, the safety team reportedly wanted to alert authorities. Alert authorities suggest the lawsuits are. Families of victims from a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, are filing lawsuits against OpenAI in a California court. A lawyer for the families stated they are seeking accountability regarding the company's reporting obligations. A person fired a weapon at a victim during a street fair in Santiago, according to Prosecutor Esteban Silva. The victim is currently in serious condition and undergoing surgery at Hospital Padre Hurtado. Police are investigating the circumstances of the attack. The lawsuits represent families of six deceased victims and one seriously injured 12-year-old survivor, Maya Gabala.

A shooting described as the worst in Canadian history has occurred at a school. While chat logs between ChatGPT and the shooter are not yet public, the safety team reportedly wanted to alert authorities. Alert authorities suggest the lawsuits are. Families of victims from a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, are filing lawsuits against OpenAI in a California court. A lawyer for the families stated they are seeking accountability regarding the company's reporting obligations. A person fired a weapon at a victim during a street fair in Santiago, according to Prosecutor Esteban Silva. The victim is currently in serious condition and undergoing surgery at Hospital Padre Hurtado. Police are investigating the circumstances of the attack. The lawsuits represent families of six deceased victims and one seriously injured 12-year-old survivor, Maya Gabala. Gabala remains hospitalized, according to the announcement. The lawsuit follows revelations that the shooter, Jesse Van Root-Solar, had conversations with the ChatGPT conversational robot in the months preceding the incident. The families aim to prevent similar tragedies through this litigation.

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Sources · 7 independent

Mastodon

“Le directeur d’OpenAI, Sam Altman, se dit profondément désolé que son entreprise n’ait pas alerté les forces de l’ordre au sujet du compor...”

WAMU 88.5 DC

“OpenAI CEO Sam Altman basically admitted the company made a mistake. He said quote, I am deeply sorry that we did not alert law enforcement.”

ICI Radio-Canada

“de ce soir, mais j'ai bien hâte de voir qu'elle se voit.”

WAMU 88.5 DC

“In a letter to residents of Tumblr Ridge last week, open AI CEO, Sam Altman, basically admitted the company and made a mistake. He said, quote, I am deeply sorry that we did not alert law enforcement.”

CKNW 980 Vancouver

“top litigators in the US and Canada are suing open AI and founder Sam Altman following the mass shooting in Tumblr Ridge... eight people were killed when 18 year old Jesse van Rootsel are open fire at a school in Tumblr Ridge February 10th”

WBUR Boston

“Musk wants the company's for-profit conversion to be rolled back. He wants Altman and another senior leader out.”

CBN São Paulo AAC

“Uma tiradora matou oito pessoas, incluindo crianças e cometeu suicídio. Segundo os familiares, a Open AI sabia que a mulher representava um risco à sociedade oito meses antes do ataque, mas não alertou a polícia.”

Bloomberg Radio

“Musk is suing Altman saying he was tricked into investing in open AI as a non-profit. Musk says that is basically a betrayal of his trust and that's why he's taking Altman to court in California this week.”

Bluesky

“In Canada i familiari delle vittime della strage di Tumbler Ridge hanno fatto causa a OpenAI”

RNZ National

“seven families have filed lawsuits against Oak. Sam Altman and this is in relation to the school shooting back in February in Tumblr Ridge in British Columbia in Canada.”

CBC Radio One

“Now some of them are suing the American company behind ChatGPT for failing to report violent online posts to Canadian police.”

KQED FM

“the families of seven victims of a school shooting in Canada filed a series of lawsuits against open AI. They claim the company's chatbot, chatGPT, helped the shooter”

NPR

“these lawsuits were filed this morning in California.”

CBC Radio One

“Families of the victims in the mass shooting in Tumblr Ridge, BC are suing open AI in a California court. They say the company pursued profits over safety when it decided not to report the shooter's alarming chat GPT activity.”

WAMU 88.5 DC

“families of victims of a mass shooting in British Columbia are taking open AI and its CEO, Sam Altman, to court. They argue the company had a duty to report the shooters disturbing chat GPT conversations to Canadian law enforcement.”

Radio Cooperativa Chile

“un sujeto promnio en la nueva fuego, la disparó en contra de una víctima que se encontró actualmente grave, siendo operado atendido en el hospital.”

WLS-AM 890 Chicago

“California-based open AI saying its employees implored the company. to notify police.”

WAMU 88.5 DC

“lawyers announced seven different lawsuits filed by the families of the six victims who were killed and one seriously injured survivor, 12-year-old Maya Gabala, who is still in hospital.”

ICI Radio-Canada

“Afin d'éviter une nouvelle tragédie, les familles de six des huit victimes de la fusillade de Tombleridge poursuivent l'entreprise Open AI.”

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