Family of child injured in Canada school shooting sues OpenAI
The family alleges the firm knew the perpetrator was planning a "mass casualty event" but failed to contact the authorities.
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"OpenAI remains committed to working with government and law enforcement officials to make meaningful changes that help prevent tragedies like this in the future."
— Sam Altman , Executive
"The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, is 'prepared to apologize' to the Tumbler Ridge community."
— David Eby , Politician
"OpenAI remains committed to working with government and law enforcement officials to make meaningful changes that help prevent tragedies like this in the future."
— Sam Altman , Executive
"OpenAI remains committed to working with government and law enforcement officials to make meaningful changes that help prevent tragedies like this in the future."
— Sam Altman , Executive
Key People
Mother of Maya Gebala and plaintiff in the lawsuit against OpenAI.
David Eby is the Premier of British Columbia.
Evan Solomon is Canada’s Artificial Intelligence Minister.
The shooter involved in one of Canada's worst school shootings.
suspected perpetrator of a mass shooting in British Columbia.
A twelve-year-old girl critically injured in a Canadian school shooting.
Chief executive officer of OpenAI.
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The family alleges the firm knew the perpetrator was planning a "mass casualty event" but failed to contact the authorities.
The family of Maya Gebala, critically injured in the Tumbler Ridge school shooting, is suing OpenAI, claiming the company failed to prevent the attack despite being aware of the shooter's plans through ChatGPT interactions.
The family of Maya Gebala is suing OpenAI after their daughter was critically wounded in the Tumbler Ridge School shooting in February 2026, alleging the company failed to act on the shooter's use of ChatGPT to plan the attack.
The family of Maya Gebala, critically injured in a mass shooting at a Canadian school, is suing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, claiming it had been aware the suspect had been planning an attack but failed to alert the authorities.
The parents of a girl critically wounded in a school shooting in Canada alleged in a civil lawsuit that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI knew the shooter was planning a mass attack but failed to alert authorities.
The family of Maya Gebala, critically injured in a mass shooting at a Canadian school, is suing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, alleging the company knew the shooter was planning an attack but failed to alert authorities.
The family of Maya Gebala, a young girl critically injured in a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, has filed a civil lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging the company knew the shooter was planning a mass attack but failed to alert authorities.
The family of Maya Gebala, a 12-year-old girl critically injured in a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, is suing OpenAI, alleging the company knew the shooter was planning an attack but failed to alert authorities.
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