OpenAI says under current rules, it would have reported Canada mass shooterTORONTO, Canada, Feb 27, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - OpenAI said Thursday that its current security protocols would have compelled the company to notify Canadian police about the ChatGPT account of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter. In June, OpenAI banned an account linked to Jesse Van Rootselaar, an 18?year?old transgender woman who killed eight people in a tiny British Columbia mining town on February 10. Those revelations angered Ottawa, and Canada's Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon summoned OpenAI leadership to a meeting on Tuesday to discuss its security policies. "Under our enhanced law enforcement referral protocol, we would refer the account banned in June 2025 to law enforcement if it were discovered today," OpenAI's vice president for global policy, Ann M. O'Leary, wrote. The company also pledged to establish direct contacts with Canadian law enforcement so police can be informed when OpenAI fears a ChatGPT user could be planning real world violence.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 27, 2026 07:12 UTC