In TrendsStock MarketNSE IPOIndia's EconomyRupee vs DollarDow JonesBritish Columbia sues OpenAI, says ChatGPT failed to alert police about shooter’s violent plansThe province is seeking damages and changes to OpenAI’s handling of potentially violent ChatGPT conversations, alleging the company failed to alert police after its safety team flagged the shooter’s interactions months before the February attack.By Reuters September 22, 2026, 3:54:26 PM IST (Published)(Photo Credit : Reuters)British Columbia sued OpenAI in California on Monday, saying a mass shooting at a school in the province could have been prevented if the company had warned local law enforcement that the shooter had used ChatGPT to plan the massacre.The lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court names OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, as defendants. It is seeking damages to cover what the province has and will spend on its recovery from the February attack, as well as an order directing changes to the way the company handles ChatGPT conversations that could lead to violence.Nine people, primarily children, were killed in the school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. The shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar, had been flagged by the company’s safety team after her conversations about gun violence, but the company did not alert…
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