Family sues OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge school shooter prompts
Parents have filed a civil lawsuit in the B.C. Supreme Court against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI alleging they knew of specific planning details for February 10's mass shooting at an elementary school near Vancouver before it occurred.
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1The parents of a critically injured girl have filed an unprecedented civil lawsuit against OpenAI in British Columbia's Supreme Court.
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2They allege that the AI company had specific knowledge about prompts from Tumbler Ridge shooter Jared Gibson related to violence before he carried out his attack on February 10, and failed to alert authorities accordingly.
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Parents claim OpenAI ignored warning signs before a school shooting in Canada.
— [Mar 10, 02:01] Family sues ChatGPT-maker OpenAI over school shooting in CanadaThe family of the girl critically injured launched civil court lawsuit against artificial intelligence firm OpenAI alleging specific knowledge by the company regarding the shooter's plans and prompts.
— [Mar 10, 02:45] Family sues ChatGPT-maker Over School Shooting In Tumbler RidgeThe family of Maya Gebala alleges that her mother failed to alert authorities about violence-related AI interactions by OpenAI chatbot users in the days leading up to a mass shooting.
— [Mar 10, 2:59] Family Sues ChatGPT-maker Over School Shooting In Tumbler RidgeThe family of Maya Gebala claims that her mother failed to alert authorities about violence-related AI interactions by OpenAI chatbot users in the days leading up to a mass shooting.
— [Mar 10, Mar] Family Sues ChatGPT-maker Over School Shooting In Tumbler RidgeA lawsuit against artificial intelligence firm OpenAI says that its company's tech helped plan and carry out murders by describing precedents for other historical acts of violence to the shooter.
— [Mar 10, Mar] Mother Of Wounded Maya Gebala Sues ChatGPT-maker Over Mass Shooting In Tumbler Ridge