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

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.

Altman apologizes after OpenAI failed to alert police before fatal Canada shooting

OpenAI said the company had identified an account using abuse detection efforts, but determined at the time it didn’t meet threshold for legal referral The head of OpenAI has written a letter apologizing that his company didn’t alert law enforcement about the online behavior of a person who shot and killed eight people in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. In the letter posted Friday, Sam Altman expressed his deepest condolences to the entire community. Continue reading...

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chkOpenAI’sSamAltmanapologises over failure to report Canadian mass shooter

Tech firm suspended mass shooter's ChatGPT account before attacks, but did not inform law enforcement.

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

OpenAI's Sam Altman writes apology to community of Tumbler Ridge

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OpenAI apologizes for not reporting Canada mass shooter

British Colombia Premier David Eby said at the time that OpenAI had the opportunity to prevent the mass shooting.

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

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

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

Free Zones CEO Dr Mary Awusi apologises to Church of Pentecost Chairman over galamsey remarks

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Free Zones Authority, Mary Awusi, has issued an apology to the Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Eric Nyamekye following her earlier comments regarding his views on illegal mining, widely known as galamsey.

By Ernest Arhinful