British Columbia sues OpenAI, alleging a warning could have prevented school shooting

IGR Media reports that British Columbia sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman over the February 10, 2026, school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, where eight people died. The province alleges that the shooter used ChatGPT to plan the attack and that a warning from OpenAI to authorities could have prevented it. The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco and seeks compensation for emergency response and community recovery efforts.