De Turi Balaji, a former OpenAi employee, was found dead in his apartment in San Francisco on November 26; Friday, the citizen of the city judged his death suicidecounter the suspicion of his family who had fueled general speculation online.
Balaji made the headlines in October when He accused Openai To illegally use material protected by copyright to form its AI models. He shared his concerns publicly and provided information to the New York Times, who then appointed him a key figure with “unique and relevant documents” in the newspaper trial against Openai. Its revelations came in the middle of an increasing number of publishers and artists to continue OpenAi on an alleged violation of copyright.
A few days before his death, Balaji was in a good mood, according to his parents, celebrating his 26th anniversary and planning a non -profit organization in automatic learning. His sudden death drew the attention of characters like Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson, while the member of the Congress Ro Khanna called for a “complete and transparent investigation”.
Indeed, the death of Balaji – of a self -inflicted shot, according to the report of the medical examiner of the County of San Francisco – had become a focal point in the debates on the ethics of AI, the responsibility of companies and the dangers encountered by the denunciators in Silicon Valley. It remains to be seen whether these things are now becoming to see.
