Suspect in Tumbler Ridge school shooting described violent scenarios to ChatGPT

Months before the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, Jesse Van Rootselaar, the suspect, engaged in conversations with ChatGPT that described gun violence, triggering the chatbot's automated review system. Several OpenAI employees raised concerns that these posts might foreshadow real-world violence and urged company leaders to contact authorities. However, company leaders ultimately decided that Rootselaar's posts did not meet the threshold for a “credible and imminent risk of serious physical harm to others.” While OpenAI banned Rootselaar's account, they did not alert law enforcement. This decision appears misguided, as on February 10th, nine people were killed and 27 injured in the shooting, which was Canada's deadliest since 2020. Rootselaar was found dead at the scene from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

(Source：The Verge)