OpenAI whistleblower found dead at 26 in San Francisco apartment

Former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji, 26, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on November 26, and the San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined the manner of death to be suicide. Balaji had publicly raised concerns in October, including in an interview with The New York Times, that OpenAI's use of copyrighted training data was not a plausible fair use. Police said no evidence of foul play was found in the initial investigation. A day before his body was found, a court filing had named Balaji in a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI.