The mother of former OpenAI researcher and company whistleblower Suchir Balaji, who died by suicide, is speaking out about the final days of his life.

In an interview this week, Suchir Balaji’s mother and father expressed confusion and shock over his sudden passing, expressing doubt their son could have died by suicide, as determined by the county medical examiner. The family hired an expert to perform an independent autopsy, but has yet to release the report’s findings.

In an exclusive interview, Poornima Ramarao shared details of the young engineer's childhood, successes, and death.

Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher and whistleblower, recently found dead in his San Francisco apartment. Here's what OpenAI has to say.

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

At 26, Suchir Balaji, an Indian-origin tech researcher and former OpenAI employee, voiced copyright concerns about AI companies, then was found dead, ruled a suicide, but his family remains skeptical.

The OpenAI researcher was named in New York Times copyright infringement lawsuit The post OpenAI Whistleblower Suchir Balaji’s Death Ruled a Suicide appeared first on TheWrap.

The former OpenAI researcher was found dead in a San Francisco apartment in late November. He was worried about AI models hurting the internet.

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