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Families of Tumbler Ridge shooting victims sue OpenAI
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Days after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote a public apology to people of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia in the aftermath of the town's deadly February 10 school shooting, the families of the victims of the traumatic event are suing OpenAI for negligence.
Key facts
- Days after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote a public apology to people of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia in the aftermath of the town's deadly February 10 school shooting, the families of the victims
- Per NPR, lawyers representing some of the families of Tumbler Ridge filed six different suits on Wednesday in a federal court in San Francisco
- The mass shooting, one of the deadliest in Canadian history, saw the alleged shooter, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, enter the town's local high school and kill five students and one teacher
- It further claims OpenAI's safety team urged management to contact authorities, but that the company chose instead to deactivate Van Rootselaar account
Summary
The mass shooting, one of the deadliest in Canadian history, saw the alleged shooter, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, enter the town's local high school and kill five students and one teacher, as well as critically injure two others, before taking her own life. Per NPR, lawyers representing some of the families of Tumbler Ridge filed six different suits on Wednesday in a federal court in San Francisco.
"The events in Tumbler Ridge are a tragedy. On late Tuesday, OpenAI published a blog post outlining its safety policies.