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Tumbler Ridge shooter’s ChatGPT activity flagged internally 7 months before tragedy. It was identified in June 2025 for “abuse and detection and enforcement efforts"


“Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the Tumbler Ridge tragedy," a spokesperson for OpenAI, which owns ChatGPT, confirmed on Friday afternoon.

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