The OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji death mystery deepens every day as his mother Poornima Rao has claimed that she sensed her son’s life was in danger after he began his whistleblowing activities against the AI giant last year.
26-year-old Balaji, a former researcher with OpenAI, was found dead in his San Francisco Apartment in November 2024, with a gunshot wound. The local police have dubbed his death as suicide based on autopsy reports and closed the file yet Balaji’s parents have alleged foul play.
Now, in an interview with Brian Entin of News Nation, the parents of Suchir Balaji have claimed that they first sensed danger for their son, was when he was featured in a New York Times article last year, where he criticized the copyright policies of his former employer OpenAI.
During the interview, Balaji’s mother Poornima described a chilling moment when she felt something was wrong.
The moment I saw the article in The New York Times, I knew something was off. As a mother, I could sense danger,” she said, recalling her intuition after seeing reports surrounding her son. “But whenever I talked to him, he’d reassure me, ‘Don’t worry, Mom. Everything’s fine,” said Rao.
Initially, San Francisco police have claimed in their investigation that the victim had allegedly died due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound made from a firearm registered under Balaji’s name. However, his parents have hinted towards a “professional hitjob” stating that Suchir had bought the gun to...
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