{"id":25030,"date":"2026-09-22T04:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T02:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/british-columbia-sues-openai-and-sam-altman-over-tumbler-ridge-mass-school-shooting\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T04:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T02:37:15","slug":"british-columbia-sues-openai-and-sam-altman-over-tumbler-ridge-mass-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/british-columbia-sues-openai-and-sam-altman-over-tumbler-ridge-mass-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge mass school shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian province alleges deadly attack could have been prevented if  company had warned police of shooter\u2019s ChatGPT use<\/p>\n<p>British Columbia has sued OpenAI in California, saying a mass shooting at a school in the province could have been prevented if the company had warned local \u2060law enforcement that the shooter \u2060had used ChatGPT to \u200bplan the massacre.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court on Monday names OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, as defendants. It is seeking damages to fund recovery efforts in the province after the February attack, as well as an order directing changes to the way the company handles ChatGPT conversations that could lead to violence.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/sep\/22\/british-columbia-sues-openai-sam-altman-tumbler-ridge-school-shooting\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/46cd27119d365fb4e0fcb8b1a7e4456e941a3908\/1245_0_4590_3674\/master\/4590.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=dd084ea8eff0a89d37edf644c6807fce\" title=\"British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge mass school shooting\" \/>Canadian province alleges deadly attack could have been prevented if  company had warned police of shooter\u2019s ChatGPT use<br \/>\nBritish Columbia has sued OpenAI in California, saying a mass shooting at a school in the province could have been prevented if the company had warned local \u2060law enforcement that the shooter \u2060had used ChatGPT to \u200bplan the massacre.<br \/>\nThe lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court on Monday names OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, as defendants. It is seeking damages to fund recovery efforts in the province after the February attack, as well as an order directing changes to the way the company handles ChatGPT conversations that could lead to violence. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian province alleges deadly attack could have been prevented if company had warned police of shooter\u2019s ChatGPT use British Columbia has sued OpenAI in California, saying a mass shooting at a school in the province could have been prevented if the company had warned local \u2060law enforcement that the shooter \u2060had used ChatGPT to \u200bplan &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/british-columbia-sues-openai-and-sam-altman-over-tumbler-ridge-mass-school-shooting\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge mass school shooting<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25030"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}