Indian-origin OpenAI whistleblower dies by suicide in SFO home

Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former OpenAI employee and whistleblower, died by suicide in San Francisco. He had publicly accused OpenAI of copyright infringement in developing ChatGPT and expressed concerns about the technology's potential harm to businesses and the internet ecosystem. Balaji left OpenAI due to ethical concerns, believing its practices were unsustainable.