OpenAI Ignored Warnings Before Jesse Van Rootselaar Killed Eight

OpenAI faces intense scrutiny after revelations that leadership ignored employee warnings about Jesse Van Rootselaar months before the shooter killed eight people in British Columbia.Internal reports and Wall Street Journal findings indicate that staffers flagged Jesse Van Rootselaar in June 2025 for describing graphic violence to ChatGPT, yet the company only chose to ban the account.Elon Musk described the decision as "troubling" while the public debates reporting thresholds for digital platforms following the massacre that left 27 others injured.