The death of Openai Whistleblower considers suicide in a new autopsy report

Suchir Balaji, a former Openai employee, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on November 26; On Friday, the medical examination of the city ordered his death suicide, opposing suspicions of his family who nourished speculation online.

Balaji made titles in October when He blamed Openai of illegal use of copyrights to train their AI models. He shared his concerns publicly and provided information to the New York Times, which later described it as a key figure with “unique and appropriate documents” in the trial of the newspaper against Openai. His revelations came against the backdrop of an increasing number of publishers and artists to judge Openai because of the supposed copyright violation.

Just days before his death, Balaji was in spirits, according to his parents, celebrating his 26th birthday and planning a non -profit purpose in machine learning. His sudden passage caught the attention of figures such as Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson, while Congressman Ran Hannah called on a “full and transparent investigation”.

In fact, the death of Balagi, from a self-affirming rifle, according to the report of the medical examination of San Francisco-ses, has become a focus in the AI ​​ethics debate, the corporate accountability and the dangers that the silicone valley alerts to. Whether these things are different now remains to be seen.