Sushir Balaji had accused OpenEye
Born and raised in California, Sushir Balaji has been working with OpenAI as a researcher for about four years. He left the job in August. Sucher claimed that OpenAI violated US copyright law. He expressed his concerns in a New York Times report titled “Former OpenAI Researcher Says Company Violated Copyright Law.”
He was not fighting against the OpenAI-native
Sucher’s mother said her son was among the top 10 in the AI industry. The mother said: “Why did he leave OpenAI and why did he leave the AI industry? He was planning to start something in neuroscience and machine learning. Our suspicions are whether he was bullied by OpenAI, did they suppress him? He left the second one and did not accept the job. Maybe they threatened him.” .
According to the report, Sucher’s mother said that her son also consulted a copyright lawyer and found that he had done nothing wrong. He said that Sucher said that the works of artists and journalists are stolen (by ChatGPT) and this is very unethical. He (Susheer) agreed with him, he said. He wasn’t fighting against OpenAI, he was standing for humanity, and he said in his article that he believed AI would be beneficial to humanity but more harmful.
“We know it’s a powerplay.”
Sucher’s parents said they believe the information their son obtained could mark a turning point in the artificial intelligence industry. “We believe so, and now we know it was just a power play, and we have the autopsy report and he did not commit suicide. Who and why, that is something we have to find out,” he said.
Sucher’s parents demanded an FBI investigation into their son’s death in the US, and also expected support from the Indian government. Meanwhile, Elon Musk, owner of X and co-founder of OpenAI, also expressed his support for Sushir Balaji’s parents. In a post on
