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24.2.2026 – 11:53
Two weeks after the deadly shooting at a school in Canada, chatbot conversations of the alleged perpetrator raise questions. The senior security team of chatGPT developer OpenAI is expected to meet in Ottawa today, said Evan Solomon, Canada's Minister of Artificial Intelligence. It is also about how platform operators deal with such content.
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24.02.2026, 11:53
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It had previously become known that OpenAI had blocked the account of the now-dead suspect in June because she had misused the AI chatbot to "promote violent activities", reported the broadcaster CBC. However, the account's activities had not reached the threshold for referral to law enforcement, the broadcaster quoted from a statement by OpenAI. "We want to get a better understanding of what is happening and how OpenAI is proceeding," explained Minister Solomon.
An 18-year-old allegedly killed eight people, six of them at a school, in the western Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge on February 10. Among the victims were students, a teacher and the mother and stepbrother of the suspected shooter, who then killed herself.
According to the police, the suspect was known to have mental health problems. According to the investigators, she had been registered as male at birth. The "transition to female" had begun years before the crime, it was said shortly after the fatal shooting.
According to Canadian media, the act of violence is the worst incident of its kind at an educational institution in the North American country since 1989.
OpenAI had considered informing Canadian authorities about the ChatGPT interactions of the 18-year-old at the time of the crime, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing informed sources. Over several days, she had described scenarios to ChatGPT that included gun violence.
Her posts were captured in an automated review. According to the newspaper's sources, OpenAI then discussed internally whether a real threat existed and whether Canadian authorities should be informed. Ultimately, a decision was made not to do so, the report said.
OpenAI contacted the Canadian police after the crime and is supporting the investigation, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing the company. OpenAI went on to explain that the company was weighing up the risk of violence against the protection of privacy. In doing so, OpenAI takes into account the potential burden for those affected that could result from unnecessary police involvement.
