{"id":137127,"date":"2024-12-15T01:03:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T18:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137127"},"modified":"2024-12-15T01:03:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T18:03:45","slug":"openai-whistleblower-found-dead-in-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137127","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI whistleblower found dead in apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">An OpenAI researcher-turned-whistleblower has been found dead in an apartment in San Francisco, authorities said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The body of Suchir Balaji, 26, was discovered on 26 November after police said they received a call asking officers to check on his wellbeing.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The San Francisco medical examiner&#8217;s office determined his death to be suicide and police found no evidence of foul play.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In recent months Mr Balaji had publicly spoken out against artificial intelligence company OpenAI&#8217;s practices, which has been fighting a number of lawsuits relating to its data-gathering practices. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In October, <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/23\/technology\/openai-copyright-law.html\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">the New York Times published an interview<!-- --><\/a> with Mr Balaji in which he alleged that OpenAI had violated US copyright law while developing its popular ChatGPT online chatbot.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The article said that after working at the company for four years as a researcher, Mr Balaji had come to the conclusion that &#8220;OpenAI&#8217;s use of copyrighted data to build ChatGPT violated the law and that technologies like ChatGPT were damaging the internet&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">OpenAI says its models are &#8220;trained on publicly available data&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Mr Balaji left the company in August, telling the New York Times he had since been working on personal projects. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He grew up in Cupertino, California, before going to study computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A spokesperson for OpenAI said in a statement cited by CNBC News that it was &#8220;devastated to learn of this incredibly sad news today and our hearts go out to Suchir&#8217;s loved ones during this difficult time&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">US and Canadian news publishers, including the New York Times, and a group of best-selling writers, including John Grisham, have filed lawsuits claiming the company was illegally using news articles to train its software.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">OpenAI told the BBC in November its software is &#8220;grounded in fair use and related international copyright principles that are fair for creators and support innovation&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><i id=\"if-you've-been-affected-by-the-issues-in-this-story,-help-and-support-is-available-via-the\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\"><b 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