OpenAI sued by families of school shooting victims in Canada's Tumbler Ridge

By April 29, 2026, families of victims of a mass shooting in Canada’s Tumbler Ridge sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the company’s AI chatbot, ChatGPT, played a role in the February shooting by providing extensive conversations about scenarios involving gun violence. The lawsuits claim the shooter, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, killed five students and a teacher, as well as two family members, before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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