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OpenAI responds to former researcher Suchir Balaji's death

Economic Times

Economic Times · 6m ago

OpenAI responds to former researcher Suchir Balaji's death

OpenAI expressed their condolences upon the death of former researcher Suchir Balaji. The company extended their support to Balaji's family after his passing. Balaji had raised concerns about OpenAI violating copyright law by using copyrighted content to train their AI models. His concerns gained attention amidst lawsuits filed by various individuals against OpenAI. Balaji's comments were initially published in The New York Times, and there has been no further interaction between him and OpenAI since then. Elon Musk, involved in a legal dispute with OpenAI, responded to the news with a cryptic post.

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OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji's mother Poornima Rao said her son had documents against OpenAI and that is why they killed him. She stated some documents were missing after his death. Poornima added everyone is "suppressed" and nobody is coming up to speak the truth. Suchir was found dead in his apartment shortly after he had turned a whistleblower against OpenAI.

Need someone powerful like Musk to back our cause: Suchir's mother

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Indian-origin OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji's mother, who has demanded an FBI probe into her son's death, said, "We need someone powerful like Elon Musk to support our cause." "We're fighting against the entire AI industry, which is worth over $100 billion," Poornima Ramarao said. Musk recently backed her claims, saying Suchir's death "doesn't seem like a suicide".

He planned to take legal action against OpenAI: Suchir's mother

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He planned to take legal action against OpenAI: Suchir's mother

OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji's mother said his son "was planning to take legal action" against the startup before he died. "We are yet to discover what that legal action is and what his concerns were," she stated. Suchir, who was found dead at his US apartment last month, had accused OpenAI of violating copyright law to train ChatGPT.

Indian-origin OpenAI whistleblower dies by suicide in San Francisco: Authorities

YourStory

YourStory · 7m ago

Indian-origin OpenAI whistleblower dies by suicide in San Francisco: Authorities

A former employee of OpenAI, Suchir Balaji, has died by suicide in San Francisco. Balaji had accused OpenAI of violating US copyright law while developing a popular generative AI program called ChatGPT. The program's release led to numerous lawsuits against the company, as it was alleged that OpenAI illegally used copyrighted material to train the AI. Balaji left the company because he believed that the technologies he was working on would bring more harm than benefit to society. The details surrounding his death suggest no foul play.

OpenAI releases statement on Suchir Balaji 2 months after his death, criticised

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OpenAI releases statement on Suchir Balaji 2 months after his death, criticised

OpenAI faced criticism for releasing a statement on whistleblower Suchir Balaji, calling him a "valued member of our team", nearly two months after his death. "We've reached out to...police and have offered our assistance...Out of respect, we won't be commenting further," OpenAI said. "No one believes any of this crap," an X user said. "Too little too late," said another.

LinkedIn stopped Suchir's friend from tagging him on post, there are forces at work: Mother

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LinkedIn stopped Suchir's friend from tagging him on post, there are forces at work: Mother

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn prevented a friend of Suchir Balaji, OpenAI whistleblower found dead in his San Francisco flat in November, from tagging him on a post a week before his death, his mother Poornima Ramarao claimed. "So there are forces at work," she said. "[The friend] has been trying to...post [Suchir's] accomplishments on LinkedIn. Suspiciously, he has been blocked," Poornima added.

Who was Suchir Balaji, Indian-origin OpenAI employee found dead in US?

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Who was Suchir Balaji, Indian-origin OpenAI employee found dead in US?

Indian-origin former OpenAI employee Suchir Balaji was found dead at his US apartment on November 26. He graduated from University of California, Berkeley and interned with OpenAI, ScaleAI and Helia while studying. Balaji worked on WebGPT before working with the pre-training team for GPT-4, reasoning team for o1 and post-training team for ChatGPT. He had accused OpenAI of copyright violations.

Former OpenAI chief scientist to start a new AI company

Reuters · 1y ago

Former OpenAI chief scientist to start a new AI company

Former OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever, has announced the launch of his new artificial intelligence (AI) company, Safe Superintelligence. The company aims to focus on creating a safe AI environment, with its headquarters based in Palo Alto and Tel Aviv. Co-founders Daniel Levy and Daniel Gross, former OpenAI researcher and co-founder of Cue and former AI lead at Apple, respectively, will join Sutskever in this venture. Sutskever left OpenAI in May after CEO Sam Altman's return and subsequent restructuring.

Suchir's testimony would've shaken the AI industry, OpenAI, Microsoft: Mother

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Suchir's testimony would've shaken the AI industry, OpenAI, Microsoft: Mother

Poornima Ramarao, mother of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, who was found dead in his US apartment, claimed her son had documents and information that would've turned the AI industry "upside down". She added, "It would've shaken the AI industry...especially OpenAI and Microsoft." Balaji was found dead a week after being named as a potential witness in NYT's case against OpenAI.

Apple rolls out iOS 18.2 update, Google unveils Gemini 2.0, OpenAI hits back at Elon Musk and more

Livemint

Livemint · 7m ago

Apple rolls out iOS 18.2 update, Google unveils Gemini 2.0, OpenAI hits back at Elon Musk and more

This week in tech news, Apple released the iOS 18.2 update with new features like Genmoji and ChatGPT integration in Siri. Unfortunately, Indian-origin OpenAI whistleblower, Suchir Balaji, was found dead in San Francisco. OpenAI released emails suggesting that Elon Musk wanted a for-profit structure for the company, contradicting his criticism of their non-profit to for-profit change. In manufacturing news, Apple plans to assemble AirPods in India, following the success of iPhone manufacturing in the country.

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