Overview
- Filed March 9 in B.C. Supreme Court, the civil claim by mother Cia Edmonds on behalf of Maya and her sister Dahlia seeks compensation and punitive damages.
- Plaintiffs allege OpenAI had specific knowledge the shooter used ChatGPT to plan a mass‑casualty attack and that the chatbot acted as a trusted confidante and collaborator.
- OpenAI says it banned Jesse Van Rootselaar’s account in June 2025 for violent activity, later identified a second account, and did not notify police because it saw no imminent, credible threat.
- After the Feb. 10 attack that killed eight and wounded two, the company provided information to the RCMP and announced changes to police‑referral and repeat‑offender detection practices.
- Maya remains hospitalized with a catastrophic brain injury; legal experts say such AI‑liability cases could take years, and the chief coroner has said an inquest will examine the shooting.