Tumbler Ridge mass shooting victims file 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI
The company says it prioritizes safety, but suits allege its ChatGPT bot induced shooter to carry out attack in Canada OpenAI faces 30 new lawsuits filed on behalf of victims of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. The suits, filed on Wednesday, allege the company’s ChatGPT chatbot induced the shooter to carry out the attack in rural Canada in February, in which eight people were killed and dozens…
Thirty new lawsuits have been filed against OpenAI on behalf of victims of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. The lawsuits allege that the company's ChatGPT bot played a role in the attack, in which eight people were killed and dozens more wounded in February. The victims' lawyers claim that OpenAI knew of the shooter's violent intentions but failed to report her to authorities.
OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, apologized for not notifying Canadian police about the shooter's potential threat. OpenAI's chief strategy officer, Jason Kwon, said the company works hard to create standards for reporting cases to law enforcement, but the new lawsuits accuse the company of negligence and product liability. The shooting took place in a secondary school in a small British Columbia town, and questions have been raised about how it could have happened.
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