Sam Altman apologizes to Tumbler Ridge for not reporting shooter's banned ChatGPT account to police

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has issued a formal apology to the community of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, acknowledging his company's failure to alert law enforcement about a banned ChatGPT user who later carried out a mass shooting. In a letter dated Thursday, Altman wrote that he was "deeply sorry" the company did not flag the account to police, despite having detected problematic activity months before the tragedy occurred.