OpenAI chief apologizes for not reporting shooting suspect to police - Reuters
OpenAI chief apologizes for not reporting shooting suspect to police Reuters
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"apologizes for not reporting shooting suspect to police"
— OpenAI chief , Executive
"I am deeply sorry that we did not alert law enforcement to the account that was banned in June."
— Sam Altman , Executive
"Altman’s apology is necessary, and yet grossly insufficient for the devastation done to the families of Tumbler Ridge."
— David Eby , Politician
"deeply sorry that law enforcement was not alerted to Van Rootselaar's ChatGPT account"
— Sam Altman , Executive
"the community's pain as 'unimaginable.'"
— Sam Altman , Executive
"I apologize for not reporting the shooting suspect to the police."
— OpenAI chief , Executive
Key People
Darryl Krakowka is the Mayor of Tumbler Ridge.
David Eby is the Premier of British Columbia.
suspected perpetrator of a mass shooting in British Columbia.
Leader of OpenAI, a prominent artificial intelligence research organization.
Chief executive officer of OpenAI.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman apologized to the Canadian community of Tumbler Ridge for failing to alert police about a banned account linked to Jesse Van Rootselaar, who killed eight people in a school in February before taking her own life.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman apologized to the residents of Tumbler Ridge, Canada, for failing to alert law enforcement about the suspect in a recent mass shooting.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman apologized to the Canadian community of Tumbler Ridge for failing to alert police about a banned account linked to Jesse Van Rootselaar, who killed eight people in a school in February before taking her own life.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman apologized to the Canadian community of Tumbler Ridge for failing to alert police about a banned account linked to Jesse Van Rootselaar, who killed eight people in a school in February before taking her own life.
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