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😨 OpenAI Brutally killed whistleblower Suchir Balaji's and researcher in USA after post 😡 👨‍🏫🇮🇳 Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old Indian-American and former OpenAI researcher, tragically passed away in his San Francisco apartment, with the cause of death ruled as suicide by the San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office. Prior to his death, Balaji was known for being a whistleblower on OpenAI, particularly regarding its use of copyrighted data. He vocally criticized OpenAI's ChatGPT for imitating online data and replacing existing services, violating copyright laws 😨 ✉️ Balaji's final social media post, which has gone viral posthumously, discussed his shift from ignorance to awareness about copyright issues. He concluded that the defense of fair use seemed unlikely for generative AI products like ChatGPT, which can create substitutes that compete with the data they were trained on 🚫 👨‍🏫 Balaji, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, began his work with OpenAI in 2020. He was involved in analyzing English-language text for GPT-4, initially believing the project to be a research venture. However, his perspective changed with the release of ChatGPT, prompting him to question the ethical implications of AI's use of internet data. 👮 On going Investigation report - 🚔 San Francisco police responded to a welfare check at Balaji’s Lower Haight residence around 1 pm on November 26 after concerns were raised by his friends and colleagues. 👨‍💼Officers discovered his body inside the flat. Police stated, "Officers and medics arrived on scene and located a deceased adult male from what appeared to be a suicide. No evidence of foul play was found during the initial investigation 🔎 🏥 The Medical Examiner's Office later confirmed the manner of death as suicide, although the cause has not been disclosed 😰 🔎 Elon musk and many People's are now surprised 😢 🇮🇳 As indian and tech enthusiastic person , What's your take on this type of business attacks on our Indian Suchir Balaji ?