OpenAI Sued Over ChatGPT's Alleged Role in Deadly Canadian School Shooting

What happened

Thirty-seven lawsuits have been filed against OpenAI in California, alleging its ChatGPT chatbot was used to help plan a mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, Canada, that left eight dead. Plaintiffs claim OpenAI failed to act on warnings about the shooter's violent intentions.

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