Eight people were killed and 25 to 27 others injured in a mass shooting on February 10, 2026 in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. The shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18 years old, had been flagged by OpenAI’s safety system in June 2025 for concerning conversations about gun violence on ChatGPT, approximately eight months before the tragedy. OpenAI’s internal safety team reportedly recommended alerting the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but the company chose to deactivate the account without contacting authorities. A total of 37 lawsuits have been filed in U.S. federal court in California, with plaintiffs seeking damages that could exceed one billion dollars.
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