Ottawa Questions OpenAI After Reports Platform Flagged BC Shooter’s Prompts

Ottawa Questions OpenAI After Reports Platform Flagged BC Shooter’s Prompts
The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen with random binary data, in Boston on March 9, 2023. Michael Dwyer/AP Photo
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Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says he is in contact with OpenAI and other AI platforms about their safety protocols after hearing reports that “concerning” online activity by the shooter in the Tumbler Ridge massacre was not reported to police.

The federal minister said in a Feb. 21 statement that he is “deeply disturbed” by reports that “concerning online activity” from the shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, “was not reported to law enforcement in a timely matter.”