Suchir Balaji, an OpenAI researcher-turned-whistleblower, was found dead on November 26 at his apartment in San Francisco. This came a month after the 26-year-old spoke to The New York Times about the unfair practices of the artificial intelligence (AI) firm behind the ChatGPT chatbot.
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Suchir's parents have ruled out suicide and have claimed he was 'murdered'. The mother of Suchir Balaji has pleaded for help from tech mogul and world's richest man Elon Musk following her son's death.
His mother took to social media and tagged Elon Musk, asking for an Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation.
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Balaji was crucial to the lawsuits against OpenAI by major media outlets, including The New York Times, and artists and copyright owners. OpenAI has been accused of infringing the copyright law in training its chatbot.
Balaji had told news agency AP that he would “try to testify” in the copyright infringement cases. He was named by The New York Times‘ lawyer in court documents as someone who might have “unique and relevant...
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