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The official cause of death of a 26-year-old OpenAI whistleblower late last year is coming under increasing scrutiny from his family, with evidence mounting that a suicide determination was incorrect. In November, Suchir Balaji was found dead in his San Francisco apartment after having left OpenAI earlier in the year, publicly voicing concerns over alleged copyright violations by the company in developing its ChatGPT chatbot.
During a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Balaji’s mother, Poornima Ramarao, claims her son had documents in his possession that would be extremely damaging to OpenAI in ongoing copyright litigation. Ramarao insists the San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner did not conduct a thorough…