Canada mass shooting victims’ families sue OpenAI and Altman over ChatGPT role

Seven families of victims from Canada’s February Tumbler Ridge school shooting filed separate US federal lawsuits in Northern California against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging ChatGPT helped spur the attack by discussing gun-violence scenarios and that OpenAI failed to warn authorities; the shooter killed eight people and wounded dozens. The suits seek damages, stricter safeguards, monitoring, and guidance on preventing deactivated users from creating new accounts and alerting law enforcement. OpenAI says it has strengthened safeguards and Altman apologized for not flagging the shooter’s conversations.