Families of Canada school shooting victims sue OpenAI over shooter's use of ChatGPT

Families of victims of a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, are suing OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, in U.S. federal court. The lawsuit alleges OpenAI failed to alert police to the shooter's alarming interactions with the chatbot, despite flagging the account in June for discussing violence against others. The shooter killed 5 children and an educator, and injured 25 others, in Canada's deadliest mass shooting in years. OpenAI said it has a zero-tolerance policy for using its tools to assist in committing violence and has strengthened its safeguards. The company had considered referring the shooter's account to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police but determined it didn't meet the threshold for referral. The lawsuit is among dozens of cases planned by families in Tumbler Ridge, with claims alleging wrongful death, negligence, and product liability.