Suchir Balaji, a former researcher at OpenAI who openly questioned the legality of its data-gathering practices, died by suicide, authorities said.

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Before the whistleblower died, he accused OpenAI of violating US copyright law with its generative AI app, ChatGPT.

Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher, was found dead in his apartment last month. Mr Balaji's death was ruled a suicide, according to the San Francisco Police.

Suchir Balaji's death raises questions about his potential testimony in OpenAI's copyright infringement cases.

Suchir Balaji was found dead in a suspected suicide shortly after openly criticising OpenAI. Let's explore his life and career.

Suchir Balaji, a former Artificial Intelligence (AI) researcher at OpenAI has been found dead in his San Francisco apartment. He died by suicide, as per the media reports. According to The Mercury News,

OpenAI whistleblower found dead at home aged 26 - Suchir Balaji, who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law,

OpenAI founder John Schulman in a social media post memorialising Balaji described the Indian-origin engineer as someone whose "contributions to this project were essential," and said that ChatGPT "wo