OpenAI whistleblower’s mother wants suicide death investigation reopened [Video]

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Suchir Balaji, 26, who was found dead in his San Francisco home three months after accusing his former employer OpenAI of violating copyright laws in its development of ChatGPT, “felt that AI is a harm to humanity,” according to his mother.

Balaji’s death on November 26 was ruled a suicide, and Fox News Digital previously reported that the San Francisco Police Department found no evidence of foul play. But the 26-year-old’s mother is urging police to reopen their investigation, saying it “doesn’t look like a normal situation.”

Bereaved mother Poornima Ramarao told Business Insiderthat a private autopsy commissioned by Balaji’s family and completed in early December produced concerning results. Now, …