OpenAI whistleblower found dead by apparent suicide
OpenAI whistleblower found dead by apparent suicide
Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher who accused his employer of violating copyright law, has died. Police have not found evidence of foul play.
Summary
Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher, was found dead by apparent suicide in his San Francisco apartment on November 26 at age 26.
Balaji had recently criticized OpenAI’s use of copyrighted data to train AI models like GPT-4, arguing it harms online knowledge communities and raises copyright concerns.
His comments were cited in lawsuits accusing OpenAI of copyright infringement. Balaji had been named as a custodian in a lawsuit by The New York Times shortly before his death.
OpenAI defended its practices as fair use.
OpenAI defended its practices as fair use.
That's a weird way to admit to murder.
He ran into my bullet! He ran into my bullet ten times!
"Suicide"
David Serrano Sewell, executive director of the city's office of chief medical examiner, told the San Jose Mercury News, "the manner of death has been determined to be suicide."
Why all the "apparent" shit? HAS BEEN DETERMINED is pretty damn clear.
Maybe 'apparent' is the right call here...
https://www.sf.gov/news/sf-office-chief-medical-examiner-regains-accreditation-after-four-years
Do they share a manager with Boeing?
No, just a hitman.
Looks like someone had information that threatened a large investment
Yikes...
Lmao y'all are always criticizing the right over their conspiracy theories while doing the exact same thing
These "conspiracy theories" at least have trend data to support them. Speak out against mega corp or the rich, die by suicide.
Theres not even that when it comes to jewish space lasers being used to control hurricanes
right wing conspiracy theories are more like "moon landing fake" or "flat earth"