Canada school shooting: OpenAI says it flagged the suspect’s account, considered alerting police last year, but didn’t
Sam Altman-led OpenAI on Friday (local time) said that it previously considered alerting Canadian police in 2025 regarding the activities of Jesse Van Rootselaar, the teen behind one of the worst shootings in Canada’s history, AP reported.
In June 2025, OpenAI said that it identified Jesse Van Rootselaar’s ChatGPT account via its abuse detection efforts for “furtherance of violent activities”.
