Families sue OpenAI over Canadian mass shooter’s use of ChatGPT

A woman mourns at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a deadly mass shooting that took place in the town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. A lawsuit filed Wednesday claims that OpenAI was negligent for failing to report the shooter to authorities after her account was flagged for “gun violence activity and planning.” Paige Taylor White/AFP via Getty Images

Paige Taylor White/AFP via Getty Images

Families of those injured and killed in a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia are suing OpenAI for negligence and providing a dangerously defective version of ChatGPT to the shooter.

The seven suits,

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