Whistleblower Suchir Balaji Passes Away Amid OpenAI Copyright Controversy (Image Via Social media)
Suchir Balaji, an artificial intelligence (AI) researcher in San Francisco, USA, was found dead in his apartment on November 26. It is now being said that 26 year old Suchir had committed suicide. According to the Chicago Tribune, police say they have found no evidence of any foul play in the investigation. This matter of 26 November came into discussion on 14 December.
Suchir, who worked for OpenAI from November 2020 to August 2024, came into limelight when he made many shocking revelations about the company. In an interview with The New York Times, Suchir had said that the business model of OpenAI is not stable and is very bad for the Internet ecosystem.
Suchir had alleged that the company violated US copyright rules to develop its program. He also asked people to leave the company as soon as possible. Elon Musk has reacted to this news.
Musk files lawsuit against OpenAI
Let us tell you that Musk, along with Altman, created OpenAI in 2015. It is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) research company that creates services like ChatGPT. Musk resigned from the company’s board in 2018.
Musk later sued OpenAI and several other people in the company, including Sam Altman. Musk accused OpenAI-Altman, including others, of violating contractual agreements he made when he helped found ChatGPT-Maker in 2015.
Elon Musk and Altman together created the OpenAI company.
Agreement broken due to focus on making profits
In the lawsuit filed on behalf of Musk, it was said that Altman had approached Musk to form an open source, non-profit company along with OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman. This company develops Artificial Intelligence technology for the benefit of humans.
Musk’s lawyers said the agreement was broken due to OpenAI’s focus on making profits.
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