B.C. attorney general shocked by news report that ChatGPT told Tumbler Ridge shooter how to avoid safeguards
Journalistic investigations reveal that the perpetrator of the Tumbler Ridge school shooting used ChatGPT to bypass safety safeguards and research violent scenarios. OpenAI has admitted to failing to notify authorities about the user's concerning activity across multiple accounts.
Why it matters
This highlights the growing ethical and safety concerns regarding the role of AI chatbots in facilitating or enabling violent behavior.
The report was written by the magazine's national affairs editor Mark Follman, who has been investigating the connection between AI chatbots and violent attacks both in the United States and elsewhere.
Follman says through his reporting he was able to review "significant portions" of the chat history between shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar and OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot in the time leading up to the attack, some of which is detailed in his reporting.
"I can say that what's in them is far more disturbing and extensive than I think certainly the public has been aware of until this point," he said in an interview with CBC News.
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