Death of OpenAI whistleblower deemed suicide in new autopsy report
Suchir Balaji, a former employee of OpenAi, was found dead on November 26 in his apartment in San Francisco; On Friday, the city’s medical researcher ruled his death one suicidecombating suspicions by his family who had fed widespread speculation Online.
Balaji made the headlines in October then He accused OpenAi From illegal use of copyright protected material to train its AI models. He shared his worries publicly and provided information to the New York Times, who later called him as a key figure with “unique and relevant documents” in the newspaper against OpenAi. His revelations were amid a growing number of publishers and artists To sue OpenAI about alleged infringement of copyright.
Only a few days before his death, Balaji had been cheerful, according to his parents to celebrate his 26th birthday and to plan a non -profit in machine learning. His sudden death drew the attention of figures such as Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson, while congress member Ro Khanna called for a “complete and transparent investigation”.
Indeed, Balaji’s death-of a self-laid shot, according to the report of the San Francisco County Medical Examiner-Was, became a central point in debates about AI ethics, business responsibility and the dangers with which whistleblowerers in Silicon Valley. Whether these things are being designed is still to be seen now.
