OpenAI CEO Apologizes for Not Reporting Mass Shooter's Chatbot Messages
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman issued a public apology for the company's failure to alert police about a mass shooter's concerning conversations with its ChatGPT AI chatbot prior to the killings in Tumbler Ridge, Canada. He expressed deep regret to the affected community for not flagging the suspect's account.
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Altman apologizes after OpenAI failed to alert police before Tumbler Ridge killings - AP News
Altman apologizes after OpenAI failed to alert police before Tumbler Ridge killings AP News
Read full article →OpenAI boss 'deeply sorry' for not telling police of Tumbler Ridge suspect's account
Sam Altman on Thursday wrote a brief letter of apology to the people of Tumbler Ridge, Canada in the wake of a January mass shooting.
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Tech firm suspended mass shooter's ChatGPT account before attacks, but did not inform law enforcement.
Read full article →OpenAI’s Sam Altman apologizes to Canadian community after failing to flag mass shooter’s conversations with its AI chatbot - CNN
OpenAI’s Sam Altman apologizes to Canadian community after failing to flag mass shooter’s conversations with its AI chatbot CNN
Read full article →OpenAI's Sam Altman writes apology to community of Tumbler Ridge
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Read full article →OpenAI’s Altman ‘deeply sorry’ company didn’t flag Tumbler Ridge shooter’s messages to police - The Globe and Mail
OpenAI’s Altman ‘deeply sorry’ company didn’t flag Tumbler Ridge shooter’s messages to police The Globe and Mail
Read full article →OpenAI’s Sam Altman apologises to Canada town for not reporting mass shooter
OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman has apologised to a Canadian town devastated by a February mass shooting, saying he was “deeply sorry” the company did not tell police about the killer’s troubling ChatGPT account. OpenAI had banned an account linked to Jesse Van Rootselaar in June 2025, eight months before the 18-year-old woman killed eight people at her home and a school in the tiny British Columbia mining town of Tumbler Ridge. The account was banned over concerns about usage linked to violent...
By Agence France-Presse
Read full article →OpenAI CEO apologizes to Tumbler Ridge for not reporting mass shooter’s troubling ChatGPT account
The account was banned in June 2025 over concerns about usage linked to violent activity, but OpenAI said it did not inform police because nothing pointed toward an imminent attack
By AFP
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