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OpenAI safety reps summoned to Ottawa after B.C. shooting incident
Canada's AI Minister summoned OpenAI after its system flagged the shooter's ChatGPT account last June but did not alert police due to lack of credible or imminent threat.
- On Tuesday, Canada's Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon summoned OpenAI's senior safety team to Ottawa to explain a ChatGPT account linked to the Tumbler Ridge shooter, saying, `I have summoned the senior safety team from OpenAI in the United States to come here to Ottawa`.
- OpenAI's abuse-detection systems flagged and banned the account linked to Jesse Van Rootselaar in June 2025, months before the Feb. 10 attack.
- Inside OpenAI, about a dozen staffers debated whether to alert police, but OpenAI leaders concluded the ChatGPT account activity lacked credible or imminent planning.
- Canada’s Justice Minister Sean Fraser, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Culture Minister Marc Miller joined the investigation as the RCMP seeks evidence preservation orders, and Ely said, 'We will use all powers of government...'
- Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said the episode could reshape Canada's online-harms approach, as he is working on legislative options including regulating chatbots, with all options on the table.
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OpenAI faces questions over safety protocols
Canada has summoned senior leadership from OpenAI to Ottawa to explain the company's decision not to report suspicious online activity by an individual who later killed eight people this month. OpenAI has confirmed that in June 2025 its abuse-detection efforts identified a ChatGPT account linked to Jesse Van Rootselaar, an 18-year-old transgender woman who murdered her mother, brother, and six people at a school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbi…
Feds Summon OpenAI Reps After Platform Flagged BC School Shooter But Didn’t Report to Authorities
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon has summoned OpenAI’s safety representatives to Ottawa after it was discovered the platform had flagged “concerning” interactions between the Tumbler Ridge shooter and the ChatGPT chatbot months before the deadly attack, but didn’t report the interactions to law enforcement. Solomon said his team met with members of OpenAI on Feb. 22 and that he will meet with OpenAI’s safety team in Ottawa on Feb. 2…
About two weeks after the fatal shots at a school in Canada, the communication between the alleged perpetrator and the AI language assistant ChatGPT focuses on the developer company.
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