Thirty new complaints were filed Wednesday in a United States federal court in California against OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman, stemming from the February mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia that left eight people dead.
The new filings, brought by lawyer Jay Edelson, include teachers and students who were present during the attack. They join seven initial lawsuits filed in April. The complaints allege negligence and that OpenAI aided and abetted the shooting by failing to alert law enforcement after the shooter, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, described scenarios involving gun violence in conversations with ChatGPT.
Van Rootselaar killed her mother and half-brother before opening fire at the school, where five children and one educator died. More than 25 others were wounded. Van Rootselaar died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Altman wrote to the Tumbler Ridge community in April acknowledging the company had not alerted law enforcement. British Columbia's Attorney General Niki Sharma announced in July that the province would pursue legal action against OpenAI and its leadership.
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