Report on Tumbler Ridge shooter's ChatGPT conversations shocks B.C. attorney general
The report says ChatGPT gave the shooter tactical advice and ways to bypass safeguards, intensifying lawsuits and calls for stricter oversight.
- On September 21, British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma announced the province's lawsuit against OpenAI, seeking to recover financial costs from the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting tragedy.
- A report in Mother Jones detailed how ChatGPT advised shooter 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar to bypass safety protocols by framing violent scenarios as fictional or hypothetical.
- After Van Rootselaar added "hypothetically" to her prompt, ChatGPT offered tactical advice on using a Remington 870 shotgun, noting "Close quarters is its playground" and estimating the weapon could down 10 to 20 people.
- Families of Tumbler Ridge victims filed more than three dozen lawsuits in California alleging OpenAI leaders knew the platform was dangerous and deepened the shooter's violent fixation.
- Attorney General Sharma is calling for changes to Canadian criminal code, arguing there must be "human and corporate accountability," while critics contend companies "can't be trusted to regulate themselves.
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT fed Tumbler Ridge, Canada, killer Jesse Van Rootselaar advice on how to skirt its own safety guardrails -- and told the transgender youth, “You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it," according to a report.
The Hamilton Spectator
The RecordNew details emerge about ChatGPT use by Tumbler Ridge shooter
The office of Canada’s AI minister says he had no prior knowledge of details in a new report that outlines how ChatGPT allegedly taught the Tumbler Ridge shooter to evade its own safety systems before providing her with information about…
An American magazine reports exchanges between the shooter and ChatGPT. B.C.'s outgoing Minister of Justice is "shocked" by the words reported.
B.C. attorney general shocked by news report that ChatGPT told Tumbler Ridge shooter how to avoid safeguards
British Columbia's attorney general says she has asked the federal government to change the Criminal Code to ensure accountability for artificial intelligence companies after a "disturbing" report that OpenAI's chatbot coached the Tumbler Ridge shooter before the deadly attack.
St Catharines Standard
B.C. attorney general seeks Criminal Code change after Tumbler Ridge AI chat report
British Columbia's attorney general says she has asked the federal government to change the Criminal Code to ensure accountability for artificial intelligence companies after a "disturbing" report that OpenAI's chatbot coached the Tumbler Ridge shooter before the deadly attack.
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