Ex-OpenAI Researcher Suchir Balaji Passes Amid Copyright Debate

On November 26, 2024, Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher, was found dead in his San Francisco home. Balaji had recently left OpenAI after raising alarms about copyright infringements in ChatGPT’s training data and was a key figure in the New York Times lawsuit against the company. His suicide underscores the intense pressures surrounding AI ethics debates. OpenAI mourns his loss, highlighting the personal toll of technological controversies.