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Families sue OpenAI over Canadian mass shooter's tap of ChatGPT
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A woman mourns at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a deadly mass shooting that took place in the town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.
Key facts
- It occurred when Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, entered the local secondary school with a long gun and a modified handgun, according to authorities
- The seven suits, filed in federal court in San Francisco, allege that OpenAI failed to take actions that could have prevented injuries and deaths in the shooting, which took place on February 10
- Authorities later learned that she had also killed her mother and 11-year-old half-brother at their home before coming to the school
- What causes somebody to commit an atrocity is often not clear," said Eric Goldman, associate dean of research at Santa Clara University School of Law
Summary
Families of those injured and killed in a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia are suing OpenAI for negligence and providing a dangerously defective version of ChatGPT to the shooter. The seven suits, filed in federal court in San Francisco, allege that OpenAI failed to take actions that could have prevented injuries and deaths in the shooting, which took place on February 10. The suits are the latest seeking to hold a tech company responsible over the design of its products, a once-novel legal approach that is being increasingly used against chatbot makers, social media and other platforms. For those who lost loved ones "there's nothing that the legal system can do that will make them whole again," Jay Edelson, the lead attorney representing the families, told NPR in an interview.