Attorney General Niki Sharma is calling for "a clearer path to human and corporate accountability for the actions of AI" after the investigation into the Tumbler Ridge shooting.
Niki Sharma, Attorney General of British Columbia, asked the Canadian federal government on September 25, 2026, to amend the Criminal Code to establish the liability of artificial intelligence companies. The request comes directly on the heels of the publication of Mother Jones' investigation into the exchanges between ChatGPT and the perpetrator of the Tumbler Ridge shooting, which she describes as disturbing.
It says it has not yet received a response, due to the "rapidly evolving" nature of the case, and formulates the desired objective: to open "a clearer path to human and corporate liability for the actions of AI". As it stands, Canadian criminal law does not provide for an appropriate qualification of the damages produced by a conversational system.
The province is not sticking to the legislative register: it is also suing OpenAI for its alleged role in the February attack, blaming the company for failing to report threats made in ChatGPT to police. Eight people were killed, including five students at Tumbler Ridge High School. Contacted several times, OpenAI did not comment on the press investigation.
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