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Sources: OpenAI staff raised concerns about a Canadian mass shooting suspect months ago; OpenAI says her activity didn't meet the bar for reporting to police

ChatGPT maker opted against informing authorities about Jesse Van Rootselaar's descriptions of violence last June

Wall Street Journal Georgia Wells

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  • @jeffbercovici Jeff Bercovici on x
    Last June, OpenAI employees flagged violent ChatGPT activity by Jesse Van Rootselaar, the suspect in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. The company decided not to alert Canadian police. @georgia_wells has the story. https://www.wsj.com/...
  • @metacurity.com Cynthia Brumfield on bluesky
    www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse...  This is a Hollywood-dishy, name-dropping and fun read by the former CEO of Sony Entertainment on how he greenlighted The Interview, the Seth Rogan-James Franco film that caused North Korea to destroy the company's computer systems and leak all its fil…
  • @miles_brundage Miles Brundage on x
    ("what should have been done" given the info there was at the time. Maybe it was super obvious + leadership fucked up, I don't know. But it's hard to say with only the info in this article given hindsight bias)
  • @miles_brundage Miles Brundage on x
    I don't know enough to say what should have been done here but I will say that there is zero chance xAI would have even noticed this (Mentioning since a certain centibillionaire is trying to weaponize this story) https://x.com/...
  • @kevincollier Kevin Collier on bluesky
    Reaaally interesting and troubling addition to the What Should AI companies Track And Tell The Government About You issue