OpenAI Whistleblower’s Death: Murder or Convenient Coincidence?
Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former OpenAI engineer instrumental in developing ChatGPT, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment in an apparent suicide. Highly regarded at OpenAI, Balaji’s contributions were essential to several key projects, including WebGPT. Before his death, he became a whistleblower, raising concerns about OpenAI’s copyright practices and the ethical implications of its technology. Balaji’s testimony in ongoing copyright infringement lawsuits against OpenAI may be affected by his passing.
John Q. Hosedrinker