San Francisco, December 14, 2024: Suchir Balaji, a former researcher and data collection staff member at OpenAI, passed away in December 2024. Balaji, who worked with the company from 2020 to 2024, became a whistleblower, raising concerns about OpenAI’s use of copyrighted data to train its AI models, including ChatGPT. His focus was on the ethical issues related to these practices.
Balaji’s death occurred the day after being named in a lawsuit concerning these allegations, further intensifying the controversy surrounding OpenAI’s data policies.
As authorities investigate both the lawsuit and Balaji’s death, his claims continue to fuel debates about data privacy and AI regulation, marking a tragic chapter in the tech industry.
