OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji found dead; police rule out foul play

Former artificial intelligence (AI) researcher at OpenAI Suchir Balaji, 26, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment, SiliconValley.com reported on Friday.

The Indian-American had worked with OpenAI from November 2020 to August 2024 before becoming a whistleblower, accusing the company of using copyrighted material to train its AI models, including ChatGPT.