Overview
- OpenAI says it detected and banned an account linked to Jesse Van Rootselaar in June 2025 for misuse related to violent activities, but judged the case below its referral bar requiring an imminent and credible risk.
- The Wall Street Journal reported, citing company sources, that about a dozen employees debated notifying law enforcement after chats described gun-violence scenarios over several days.
- After the Feb. 10 attack, OpenAI contacted the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with account information, and the RCMP confirms it is methodically processing digital and physical evidence.
- British Columbia’s government says OpenAI did not mention the flagged chats during a Feb. 11 meeting and only asked for RCMP contact information the following day, drawing scrutiny over disclosure timing.
- RCMP identify eight people killed, including five students and a teaching assistant at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and two at a residence, with investigators also reviewing the suspect’s wider online footprint, including a removed Roblox simulation.