Blood stains in the bathroom, vandalism in the apartment… Mother demands FBI investigation into the death of AI researcher Suchir Balaji in America – Suchir Balaji death Mother FBI Demand Suicide Case AI Researcher OpenAI US Elon Musk ntc
The case of the death of Indian-origin American AI researcher Suchir Balaji is in the news at the moment. Balaji died on 26 November in San Francisco. Police have called it a case of suicide but the family considers the death suspicious and has demanded an FBI investigation. Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has also expressed doubts on this matter.
Suchir’s mother Purnima Rama Rao has demanded an FBI investigation into this entire matter, claiming that her son’s apartment was vandalized. Blood stains were found in the bathroom, which indicated murder.
Suchir’s mother says that her son’s murder has been declared a suicide. The investigating officers did not investigate the case properly. On this whole matter, billionaire businessman Elon Musk has also said that it does not seem like a case of suicide. Musk said in a social media post that this case does not look like suicide. Meanwhile, Suchir’s mother has requested Musk for help in the matter.
Suchir Balaji had made allegations against OpenAI
Suchir has accused OpenAI of copyright infringement and destabilizing the business model. In an interview given to The New York Times, he had talked about the negative impact of the company on the internet ecosystem. He advised people to leave OpenAI.
OpenAI has been facing such allegations ever since the launch of ChatGPT. The company launched this AI model in the year 2022. After that many cases have been filed against the company regarding copyright. It has been alleged that the company has used copyrighted content of others to train its AI.
Who was Suchir Balaji?
Suchir was a graduate in Computer Science from Berkeley University of America. He has worked in OpenAI and Scale AI. They detected copyright violations during data collection of the GPT-4 project in 2022. In such a situation, allegations against AI organizations like OpenAI and Suchir’s death have raised serious questions on AI research and ethics.
Balaji used to work as a researcher in OpenAI. He left the company earlier this year. After leaving the company, he accused ChatGPT maker of copyright infringement.
