British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge mass school shooting

British Columbia sued OpenAI and its chief executive in federal court for failing to warn police after a shooter used ChatGPT to plan a school massacre. The province seeks damages for recovery costs and an injunction requiring new procedures for handling conversations about violence. The case tests whether governments can hold AI vendors liable for failing to report violent threats to law enforcement.

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