ChatGPT-maker OpenAI banned Canadian transgender school shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar’s account over his violent behavior on the platform last year — but never alerted authorities before he gunned down eight people in one of the country’s deadliest mass killings.
The 18-year-old high school dropout carried out the second-worst school shooting in Canadian history last week, first slaughtering his mother and stepbrother at home and then storming into Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, where he killed six people and injured 25 more before turning the gun on himself
The San Francisco tech company said it spotted the deranged shooter’s alarming profile in June through abuse-monitoring systems and considered referring the account to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
However, OpenAI concluded the disturbing activity didn’t meet the bar for notifying law enforcement and banned the account for policy violations.
Following the mass killing, the company reached out to law enforcement.
“Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the Tumbler Ridge tragedy,” an OpenAI spokesperson said.
“We proactively reached out to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with information on the individual and their use of ChatGPT, and we’ll continue to support their investigation.”
Canadian authorities confirmed they were contacted by the AI firm after the shooting, adding an investigation into Rootselaar’s social media and online activity is underway.
Rooselaar launched his horrifying attack at a private residence in the sleepy rural community of Tumbler Ridge on Feb. 10 before continuing the carnage at the school.
Six people were found dead inside the school, and the bodies of Van Rootselaar’s mother, 39, and stepbrother, 11, were discovered in a local residence, cops said.
The victims included one female teacher, three female students and two male students.
With Post wires
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