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Family Sues OpenAI over Mass Shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
The lawsuit claims OpenAI ignored employee warnings and allowed ChatGPT to aid the shooter in planning, resulting in eight deaths and critical injury to a 12-year-old girl.
- On Monday, the family of Maya Gebala filed a B.C. Supreme Court lawsuit against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, seeking accountability for Maya, her sister Dahlia, and her mother Cia Edmonds.
- Internal moderation records show about 12 OpenAI employees flagged posts as an 'imminent risk' and recommended informing law enforcement, but leadership allegedly ignored these warnings, failed to detect a second account, and did not implement age verification.
- Shot three times, Maya Gebala was left with catastrophic brain injury and remains at BC Children's Hospital where doctors removed her breathing tube on March 7; eight people were killed in the Feb. 10 attack.
- After the attack, OpenAI ultimately alerted the RCMP but has not been served in the suit and has not responded, while the OpenAI Foundation also remains silent, filings show.
- The suit alleges the GPT-4o model was 'intentionally designed to foster psychological dependency' and plaintiffs say it was rushed to market prioritizing engagement over safety.
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ChatGPT helped B.C. shooter plan attack despite employee warnings, claims lawsuit
A child victim of the recent mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., has sued OpenAI in a suit that claims the company’s artificial intelligence model helped the shooter plan the event, and despite warn
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Family sues OpenAI over mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
VANCOUVER - The family of the girl critically injured in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., has launched a civil court lawsuit against artificial intelligence firm OpenAI.
·Toronto, Canada
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Thorold TodayCP Family sues OpenAI over mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
VANCOUVER — The family the girl critically injured in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., has launched a civil court lawsuit against artificial intelligence firm OpenAI. The mother and father of Maya Gebala allege in the B.C.
·Sechelt, Canada
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