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Tumbler Ridge shooter had second ChatGPT account after ban: OpenAI

Police tape surrounds a school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has revealed that the shooter involved in mass killings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., got around a ban on her problematic use of ChatGPT by having a second account.

The firm revealed the information as it outlined a series of “immediate steps” it would be taking in response to the killings.

OpenAI vice-president for global policy, Ann O’Leary, says the company only discovered the second account after Jesse Van Rootselaar’s name was announced by RCMP.

The Canadian Press