About two weeks after the fatal shooting at a school in Canada, the alleged perpetrator’s chatbot conversations and the way the platform operators deal with such content raise questions.
02/24/2026, 04:3602/24/2026, 04:36
ChatGPT developer OpenAI’s senior security team is expected for talks in Ottawa today, Canadian Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said.
The perpetrator of Tumbler was banned by OpenAI.Image: keystone
It was previously known that OpenAI had blocked the now dead suspect’s account in June because she had misused the AI chatbot to “promote violent activities,” the CBC broadcaster reported. However, the account’s activities did not reach the threshold for forwarding to law enforcement authorities, the broadcaster quoted a statement from OpenAI. “We want to get a better understanding of what is happening and how OpenAI operates,” explained Minister Solomon.
At the beginning of February, eight people were killed in the western Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge, six of them in a school. The alleged perpetrator killed herself. Among the victims were students, a teacher and the mother and stepbrother of the alleged shooter. According to police, it was known that the suspect had psychological problems.
According to Canadian media, this is the worst incident of this kind at a training facility in the North American country since 1989. (sda/dpa)