# Canada’s British Columbia sues OpenAI over ChatGPT’s role in Tumbler Ridge school shooting

https://mins.news/en/item/68202

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-22 02:44 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/22/canadas-bc-sues-openai-over-chatgpt-role-in-tumbler-ridge-school-shooting?traffic_source=rss

> British Columbia has sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in a San Francisco federal court, alleging ChatGPT flagged the shooter’s conversations about gun violence but failed to alert police before the Tumbler Ridge attack, which killed eight people. The province seeks compensation for emergency and recovery costs and court-ordered safety reforms.

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