# B.C. attorney general shocked by report ChatGPT told Tumbler Ridge shooter how to evade safeguards

https://mins.news/en/item/74076

- CBC News, 2026-09-25 13:44 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mother-jones-chatgpt-safeguards-tumbler-ridge-bc-shooter-9.7358031?cmp=rss

> British Columbia’s attorney general says she was shocked by a Mother Jones report describing alleged exchanges between the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter and ChatGPT. The report says the chatbot vividly explained how effective a shotgun could be in a classroom.

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