OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji passes away: Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former researcher at OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company that developed ChatGPAT, was found dead in his San Francisco flat. Suchir Balaji had recently raised serious questions on the working style of OpenAI. According to San Francisco Police, the incident occurred on November 26 and came to light on December 14.
fear of suicide
According to reports, Suchir Balaji did not answer phone calls from his friends and colleagues for the last few days and did not step out of the house. When his friends and colleagues reached his flat expressing concern, the door was locked from inside. He then informed the San Francisco Police. When the police reached the spot and broke the door, Suchir’s body was found.
According to the police, no evidence has been found in the initial investigation and now the case seems to be a suicide. The police have currently refused to give more information on this matter.
Such serious allegations against OpenAI
Suchir Balaji accused OpenAI of using copyrighted material without proper permission to train its generative AI program, ChatGPT. He said that technology like ChatGPT is harming the Internet because it uses content available on the Internet without any rights.
Suchir made a number of serious allegations against OpenAI, including authors, journalists, and programmers, claiming that their copyrighted material was used illegally to enhance the company’s AI capabilities.
Worked in the company for four years
Suchir Balaji joined OpenAI in the year 2020 and worked with the company for about 4 years. He was part of projects like GPT-4 and WebGPT, which improved the company’s search capabilities. He worked on many important aspects in the field of AI, but his biggest criticism was that OpenAI was misusing other people’s material to develop its own technologies.