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OpenAI considered alerting Canadian police about school shooting suspect months ago (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 15 hours ago by HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has said it considered alerting Canadian police last year about the activities of a person who months later committed one of the worst school shootings in the country’s history.

OpenAI said last June the company identified the account of Jesse Van Rootselaar via abuse detection efforts for “furtherance of violent activities”.

The San Francisco tech company said on Friday it considered whether to refer the account to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) but determined at the time that the account activity did not meet a threshold for referral to law enforcement.

OpenAI banned the account in June 2025 for violating its usage policy.

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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca -1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

OpenAI said the threshold for referring a user to law enforcement was whether the case involved an imminent and credible risk of serious physical harm to others. The company said it did not identify credible or imminent planning. The Wall Street Journal first reported OpenAI’s revelation.

OpenAI said that, after learning of the school shooting, employees reached out to the RCMP with information on the individual and their use of ChatGPT.

Not defending them, but OP's selections seemed intentionally rage baiting.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

I copied the first four paragraphs of the article.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 hours ago

Why'd you pick 4? Why not all?