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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman issued a public apology as the company acknowledged it failed to alert authorities about troubling chatbot interactions linked to a deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.
In a letter dated April 23 and later shared publicly, Altman said he was "deeply sorry."
He acknowledged that internal teams had flagged the account for concerning activity but did not escalate it to authorities.
"I am deeply sorry that we did not alert law enforcement to the account that was banned in June," he wrote, adding that an apology was necessary given the "irreversible loss" suffered by the community.
Authorities said the 18-year-old attacker killed eight people, including six children, at a local school in February, CNN reported.
The revelation that the suspect had prior interactions with an AI chatbot — and that those interactions raised internal concerns — has intensified scrutiny on how tech companies handle potential threats.
Altman said he has been in contact with local officials in recent months and described the community's grief as "unimaginable."
The letter was posted online by David Eby, the head of British Columbia's provincial government, who said the apology was "necessary, and yet grossly insufficient" given the scale of the tragedy.
OpenAI did not immediately respond to Benzinga's request for comments.
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