A former OpenAI employee who accused the makers of ChatGPT of violating U.S. copyright laws to train an artificial intelligence chatbot was found dead last month, and authorities now say he died of suicide, The Wrap reported.
Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former researcher who had worked at ChatGPT for a year and a half, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on November 26 when police went to conduct a welfare check. News of his death was not reported until last week.
According to “Wrap”, local media reported that the San Francisco medical examiner determined that Balaji died by suicide and “there was no evidence of foul play.”
Balaji publicly opposed OpenAI's practice of training ChatGPT in an interview with the New York Times in October. in social media posts “Fair use seems to be a rather implausible defense for many generative AI products,” Balaji wrote, citing the interview.
The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft a year ago for using its articles to train ChatGPT, and last month filed a letter in federal court naming Balaji as someone with “unique and relevant documents” that would For use in litigation against OpenAI.
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