{"slug": "canadas-british-columbia-sues-openai-in-us-court-over-school-shooting", "title": "Canada’s British Columbia sues OpenAI in US court over school shooting", "summary": "British Columbia filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in California on Monday over the company's failure to report violent activity on ChatGPT by Jesse Van Rootselaar, an 18-year-old who killed eight people in February at her home and a school in Tumbler Ridge. British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma said the suit seeks \"accountability and change\" from OpenAI, which previously apologized for not flagging the account linked to Van Rootselaar.", "body_md": "# Canada’s British Columbia sues OpenAI in US court over school shooting\n\nOpenAI has apologised for not flagging the account linked to Jesse Van Rootselaar, an teenage transgender woman who killed 8 in February\n\nBritish Columbia filed a lawsuit on Monday against OpenAI in California over the company’s failure to report violent activity on its ChatGPT service by the person who committed a mass school shooting in the western Canadian province.\n\nBritish Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma said in July that the province planned legal action against the US tech giant for its connection to the deadly February gun violence in the tiny mining town of Tumbler Ridge.\n\nSharma told reporters that the suit filed earlier on Monday is seeking “accountability and change” from OpenAI, which previously apologised for not flagging the account linked to Jesse Van Rootselaar, an 18-year-old transgender woman who killed eight people at her home and a school.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/canadas-british-columbia-sues-openai-in-us-court-over-school-shooting", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368310/canadas-british-columbia-sues-openai-us-court-over-school-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-09-21 21:50:59+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-21 21:53:26.230323+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "British Columbia", "Niki Sharma", "ChatGPT", "Jesse Van Rootselaar", "Tumbler Ridge"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/canadas-british-columbia-sues-openai-in-us-court-over-school-shooting", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/canadas-british-columbia-sues-openai-in-us-court-over-school-shooting.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/canadas-british-columbia-sues-openai-in-us-court-over-school-shooting.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/canadas-british-columbia-sues-openai-in-us-court-over-school-shooting.jsonld"}}