The B.C. government is planning legal action against OpenAI for its failure to notify law enforcement of troubling ChatGPT prompts made prior to the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge in February.
The 18-year-old shooter killed eight people and injured twenty-seven others before taking their own life.
In April, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote a letter of apology to the people of Tumbler Ridge for failing to alert RCMP about troubling interactions with the shooter that had been flagged by staff.
B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma says her government will seek accountability through the court system.
“When there are serious concerns that opportunities to prevent harm were missed, we as a government have the responsibility to act. We owe that to the victims, their families, and everyone whose life was changed by this tragedy. We owe it to ensure that this never happens again.”
Sharma says the B.C. government is still in the early stages of that legal process, which will be in addition to other lawsuits filed against OpenAI by families of the victims.
