Tragedy and Controversy Surround Untimely Death of AI Whistleblower on His Birthday
San Francisco, USA — Concerns continue to swirl around the sudden death of Suchir Balaji, a former engineer and whistleblower at AI research organization OpenAI, which occurred in his apartment here on his birthday in November 2024. Balaji, a 26-year-old of Indian descent, had accused OpenAI of copyright infringements, significantly complicating the grief expressed by his former employer over his untimely demise. Balaji, who had been with OpenAI for nearly four years, left the company …