Students hold a vigil near the scene of a shooting at Florida State University. The gunman allegedly consulted ChatGPT about how to carry out the attack. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images 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