OpenAI whistleblower found dead

Suchir Balaji committed suicide a few weeks ago, a medical examiner has told CNBC

A former OpenAI employee who said the company had violated copyright laws during work on its ChatGPT chatbot has been found dead, CNBC and other outlets have reported.

Suchir Balaji died several weeks ago, and “the manner of death has been determined to be suicide,” David Serrano Sewell, executive director of San Francisco’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, told the broadcaster on Friday.

According to San Francisco police, officers discovered the whistleblower’s body during a “wellbeing check” at an apartment on Buchanan Street on November 26. “No evidence of foul play” was found during the initial investigation, they said.