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Altman apologizes after OpenAI failed to alert police before fatal Canada shooting
OpenAI said the company had identified an account using abuse-detection efforts, but determined at the time it didn’t meet threshold for legal referral
TL;DR
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman issued an apology for not alerting law enforcement about an account later linked to a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.
- The company identified the user's account in June for "furtherance of violent activities" but decided it did not meet the threshold for legal referral.
- The shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar, killed eight people before taking her own life.
- Altman offered condolences to the victims' families and the community, and pledged to collaborate with government officials to prevent similar incidents.
- British Columbia premier David Eby called the apology "grossly insufficient for the devastation done to the families."