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OpenAI whistleblower found dead at 26 in San Francisco apartment


A former OpenAI employee, Suchir Balaji, was recently found dead in his San Francisco apartment, according to the San Francisco Office of the Chief

Previously with Gizmodo, Bloomberg, and MSNBC, Zeff has covered the rise of AI and the Silicon Valley Bank crisis. In October, the 26-year-old AI researcher raised concerns about OpenAI breaking copyright law when he was interviewed by The New York Times. After several years working at OpenAI, Balaji quit the company after realizing that the technology would bring more harm than good to society, he told The New York Times.

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