The British Columbia government has hired lawyers in both in B.C. and California to pursue legal action to hold OpenAI accountable for its part in the shooting where eight victims were killed in Tumbler Ridge.

Attorney-General Niki Sharma says no company or corporate leader should escape accountability when public safety is at risk.

Also killed was 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, whose use of ChatGPT before the murders is now the subject of multiple lawsuits against the chatbot’s creator, OpenAI, and company founder Sam Altman.

More to come.