OpenAI and Sam Altman sued by families over Tumbler Ridge school shooting
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Updated · CNN · Apr 29
OpenAI and Sam Altman sued by families over Tumbler Ridge school shooting
17 articles · Updated · CNN · Apr 29
Seven families filed lawsuits in US federal court, alleging ChatGPT contributed to eight deaths and dozens wounded in the February 2026 Tumbler Ridge, Canada, attack.
The suits claim OpenAI failed to alert authorities after staff flagged the shooter's violent conversations, prioritizing business interests over safety, and seek damages plus court-ordered safety reforms for ChatGPT.
OpenAI denies responsibility, citing strengthened safeguards, while facing additional lawsuits and investigations over alleged chatbot links to violence and suicides; the Tumbler Ridge attack remains Canada’s deadliest school shooting in decades.
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