India, Feb. 21 -- OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, said it had identified the account of the Canadian school shooter months before last week's deadly attack but decided the activity did not meet the threshold for referral to law enforcement.

In a statement on Friday, the San Francisco-based company said it flagged the account of 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar in June last year through its abuse detection systems for the "furtherance of violent activities," reported Associated Press. The company said it even considered to alert the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) but ultimately concluded that the activity did not cross the bar required to involve authorities.

However, the account was banned in June 2025 for violating OpenAI's usage p...