Search for Balaji, a former Openai employee, was found dead on November 26th in his apartment in San Francisco. On Friday, the city’s medical examiner decided his death a suicidecounteracting his family who had fueled widespread speculation on-line.
Balaji made headlines in October when He accused Openai illegally protected by copyright for training his AI models. He publicly divided his concerns and provided the New York Times, which later named him as a key figure with “unique and relevant documents” in the complaint of the newspaper against Openaai. His revelations came in the middle of a growing number of publishers and artists to sue Openai for alleged copyright infringement.
According to his parents, Balaji had been in a high mood just a few days before his death, celebrated his 26th birthday and planned a non -profit organization in machine learning. His sudden death drew attention to characters such as Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson, while MEP Ro Khanna called for a “full and transparent examination”.
In fact, Balaji’s death of a self -inflicted shot was a focus of the Medical Examiner of the San Francisco County in debates on ethics, the accountability of the companies and the dangers with which Whistleblower are confronted in Silicon Valley. It remains to be seen whether these things are being dismantled.
