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Suchir Balaji had criticized the makers of ChatGPT<\/h2>\n

Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide which some readers may find distressing.<\/em><\/p>\n

A former OpenAI researcher was found dead by police after speaking out against the tech giant in recent months.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Suchir Balaji, 26, was found in his\u00a0San Francisco<\/a>\u00a0apartment on November 26, after police received a call asking officers to check in on his wellbeing.<\/p>\n

Balaji was a researcher at the\u00a0artificial intelligence<\/a>\u00a0company for four years, after studying computer\u00a0science<\/a>\u00a0at the University of California, Berkeley.<\/p>\n

But after his departure from the AI giant, he spoke out against the methods they were using to train the intelligence system.<\/p>\n

The whistleblower alleged that\u00a0OpenAI<\/a>\u00a0had violated US copyright law, while developing its popular\u00a0ChatGPT online chatbot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The former researcher left OpenAI in August (SUCHIR BALAJI\/X)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

ChatGPT can create a one week itinerary for\u00a0a trip abroad<\/a>, or give advice to someone struggling with a particular issue.<\/p>\n

However, the former researcher was not on board with practices that were allegedly going on behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

OpenAI have been fighting a number of lawsuits relating to its data-gathering practices, after stating that its system is trained on ‘publicly available data’.<\/p>\n

The San Francisco medical examiner’s office determined that Balaji’s death was as a result of suicide, and that no foul play had taken place.<\/p>\n

In wake of the news, a spokesperson for OpenAI said: “We are devastated to learn of this incredibly sad news today and our hearts go out to Suchir\u2019s loved ones during this difficult time.”<\/p>\n

Upon leaving the company, the 26-year-old told all in a bombshell interview\u00a0with<\/a>\u00a0the New York Times.<\/p>\n

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There is some controversy about how OpenAI gathers data (Jaque Silva\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

And he issued a warning to all his former colleagues, in which he stated: “If you believe what I believe, you have to just leave the company.”<\/p>\n

However, in what turned out to be his final post on X, he cleared some things up.<\/p>\n

Balaji wrote: “I recently participated in a NYT story about fair use and generative AI, and why I\u2019m skeptical \u2018fair use\u2019 would be a plausible defense for a lot of generative AI products.<\/p>\n

“That being said, I don’t want this to read as a critique of ChatGPT or OpenAI per se, because fair use and generative AI is a much broader issue than any one product or company.”<\/p>\n

Since leaving OpenAI in August, the researcher had been working on his own personal projects.<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is struggling or in a mental health crisis, help is available through\u00a0<\/em>Mental Health America<\/em><\/a>. Call or text 988 or chat\u00a0<\/em>988lifeline.org<\/em><\/a>. You can also reach the Crisis Text Line by texting MHA to 741741.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you have experienced a bereavement and would like to speak with someone in confidence, contact\u00a0<\/em>The Compassionate Friends\u00a0<\/em><\/a>on (877) 969-0010.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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