The mother of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji told Tucker Carlson she believes her son was murdered.
Newsweek contacted OpenAI and the San Francisco Police Department via email for comment. OpenAI has said the company has had no interaction with Balaji since December 2023, almost a year before his death, and that they respected his “right to share views freely.”
Why It Matters
OpenAI is one of the biggest players in the artificial intelligence industry but has faced criticism for how it trains its flagship product, ChatGPT. The company faces allegations from Balaji, a former engineer at OpenAI, that it uses copyrighted content and data to train the AI model in a way that breaks the law.
What to Know
Balaji was found dead on November 26, 2024, after voicing concerns about how OpenAI was training artificial intelligence language models. The death, caused by a gunshot to the head, was ruled a suicide by San Francisco authorities, but his family has maintained he did not take his …