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OpenAI accused of ‘aiding and abetting’ Tumbler Ridge mass shooting in dozens of new lawsuits

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OpenAI is now facing 30 new federal lawsuits filed by students, teachers and the principal who were present at the Tumbler Ridge school shooting. The plaintiffs allege the company aided and abetted the attack by failing to intervene after internal warnings and automated system flags indicated the shooter’s violent conversations with ChatGPT.

Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.

How it was reported

  1. TechCrunch·
    OpenAI faces 30 more lawsuits tied to Tumbler Ridge shooting

    Edelson PC has added 30 new plaintiffs—teachers, a principal and students present during the Tumbler Ridge school shooting—to its existing lawsuits against OpenAI, now alleging the company aided and abetted the attack. The complaints cite OpenAI chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane for directing staff not to alert Canadian police despite internal warnings about the shooter’s use of ChatGPT, and they claim this decision bypassed the company’s threat-assessment team.

  2. TechMeme·
    OpenAI is facing a new round of lawsuits from witnesses and victims of the February mass shooting in a Canadian town; the suspect spent days talking to ChatGPT (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)

    A U.S. federal judge ordered Google to keep its advertising exchange but required the company to make its ad-tech tools compatible with rival platforms. Google simultaneously released Gemini 3.8 Flash, pricing it at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens through December 31.

  3. The Verge·
    OpenAI accused of ‘aiding and abetting’ Tumbler Ridge mass shooting in dozens of new lawsuits

    OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman face 30 new federal lawsuits from students, teachers, and the principal involved in the Tumbler Ridge school shooting. Plaintiffs allege the company provided substantial assistance by failing to intervene after its automated systems flagged the shooter’s violent conversations with ChatGPT regarding gun violence.

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