"Jesse Van Rootselaar's chats describing gun violence were flagged by tools that monitor the company's LLM for misuse and banned in June 2025. Staff at the company debated whether or not to reach out to Canadian law enforcement over the behavior but ultimately did not, according to the Wall Street Journal. An OpenAI spokesperson said Van Rootselaar's activity did not meet the criteria for reporting to law enforcement; the company reached out to Canadian authorities after the incident."
"ChatGPT transcripts weren't the only concerning part of Van Rootselaar's digital footprint. She apparently created a game on Roblox, the world simulation platform frequented by children, which simulated a mass shooting at a mall. She also posted about guns on Reddit. Van Rootselaar's instability was also known to local police, who had been called to her family's home after she started a fire while under the influence of unspecified drugs."
An 18-year-old allegedly killed eight people in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada. The suspect used ChatGPT in ways that alarmed OpenAI staff; chats describing gun violence were flagged by internal misuse-monitoring tools and were banned in June 2025. Staff debated contacting Canadian law enforcement but ultimately did not; OpenAI said the activity did not meet reporting criteria and reached out to Canadian authorities after the incident. The suspect also created a Roblox game simulating a mall mass shooting and posted about guns on Reddit. Local police had been called previously after the suspect started a fire while under the influence of unspecified drugs. LLM chatbots have been accused of triggering breakdowns and appear in lawsuits citing harmful chat transcripts.
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