CP NewsAlert: OpenAI says Tumbler Ridge shooter had second ChatGPT account after ban

By Canadian Press on February 26, 2026.

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.

More coming.

The Canadian Press