Newsletter article
Should AIs be required to report a human user contemplating violence?
The Conversation
26 May 2026
Abstract
On Feb. 10, 2026, an 18-year-old woman, Jesse Van Rootselaar, killed eight people and herself in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. OpenAI had previously flagged her ChatGPT conversations as having a disturbing fascination with extreme violence, and suspended her account, but reportedly the company did not notify law enforcement.
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- Title
- Should AIs be required to report a human user contemplating violence?
- Creators
- Anat Lior - Drexel University, Thomas R. Kline School of Law
- Publication Details
- The Conversation
- Resource Type
- Newsletter article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Thomas R. Kline School of Law
- Other Identifier
- 991022181872404721