• Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old Indian American and former OpenAI researcher, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment, with his death ruled as suicide.
  • Balaji had quit OpenAI earlier this year, criticizing the company for violating copyright laws by imitating online data with ChatGPT.
  • In his final social media post, Balaji expressed concerns over generative AI’s impact on copyright, questioning the defense of fair use for AI products.