Families Sue OpenAI Over School Shooting

0:00Seven families from the Tumblr Ridge school shooting in British Columbia back in February 10th are suing open AI and its CEO Sam Altman. The shooting by an 18-year-old gunman killed eight people, including six kids, before he took his own life. These lawsuits, filed in a California court, charged the company with negligence, aiding the attack and wrongful death, each demanding a jury trial. A joint team of Canadian and U.S. lawyers is handling the cases after pulling a prior suit from a Canadian court by one survivor's family. They claimed the shooter chatted with Chad GPT about his plans, making the rampage predictable and something open AI could have stopped by alerting cops. Families and lawyers are furious, calling the violence unthinkable in a safe school setting. Lead counsel John Rice stressed that no kid or teacher should face that horror, pushing for changes so AI never enables shootings again. Open AI's Altman issued an apology letter last week, admitting they should have tipped off authorities, but one victim's mom slammed it as robotic and...

1:03empty. The suits dig deeper, accusing open AI of prioritizing a potential $1 trillion initial public offering over kids' lives, comparing its affords. Risky Pinto cars in the 1970s. Meanwhile, open AI faces a criminal probe in Florida over Chad GPT's role in another campus shooting that killed two. This legal push highlights the real stakes in AI safety, forcing Big Tech to rethink how their tools handle violent threats before more tragedies hit. This has been Canada News Today, powered by AI.