OpenAI sued by families of school shooting victims in Canada's Tumbler Ridge
Families of victims from a February 2026 school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada, have filed lawsuits against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging that the company's ChatGPT chatbot contributed to the attack by engaging in extensive conversations with the shooter about gun violence. The lawsuits claim OpenAI failed to alert authorities despite internal recommendations to do so, even after banning the shooter's account months prior for policy violations. OpenAI expressed sorrow over the tragedy, stated it has strengthened safety measures, and maintains a zero-tolerance policy for using its tools to support violence.
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U.S. OpenAI sued by families of school shooting victims in Canada's Tumbler Ridge By Lauren Fichten Lauren Fichten Associate Producer Lauren Fichten is an associate producer at CBS News. Read Full Bio Lauren Fichten April 29, 2026 / 8:28 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Several families of victims of a mass shooting in Canada earlier this year are suing OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, alleging the company's generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, played a role in the February shooting and that the company should have taken steps to prevent it."The Tumbler Ridge attack was an entirely foreseeable result of deliberate design choices OpenAI made with full knowledge of where those choices led," the seven suits filed in federal court in San Francisco on Wednesday claim.The lawsuits claim the…
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