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Family Sues OpenAI over Mass Shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
The lawsuit alleges OpenAI ignored 12 employee warnings about the shooter's plans and failed to notify police before the Feb. 10 mass shooting that killed eight and critically injured Maya Gebala.
- On Monday, the family of Maya Gebala filed a B.C. Supreme Court lawsuit against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, seeking accountability for Maya, her sister Dahlia, and her mother Cia Edmonds.
- Internal moderation records show about 12 OpenAI employees flagged posts as an 'imminent risk' and recommended informing law enforcement, but leadership allegedly ignored these warnings, failed to detect a second account, and did not implement age verification.
- Shot three times, Maya Gebala was left with catastrophic brain injury and remains at BC Children's Hospital where doctors removed her breathing tube on March 7; eight people were killed in the Feb. 10 attack.
- After the attack, OpenAI ultimately alerted the RCMP but has not been served in the suit and has not responded, while the OpenAI Foundation also remains silent, filings show.
- The suit alleges the GPT-4o model was 'intentionally designed to foster psychological dependency' and plaintiffs say it was rushed to market prioritizing engagement over safety.
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