Balaji last spoke to his parents on Nov. 22, a 10-minute phone call that centered around his recent trip and that ended with his talking about getting dinner. “He was very happy,” Ramarao said.

Suchir Balaji, 26, was found dead on November 26 only a month after revealing the company's dubious methods of training ChatGPT. His parents claim his death wasn't a suicide.

Parents of Suchir Balaji, Poornima Ramarao, left, and Balaji Ramamurthy, right, hold a photograph of their son from 2022, in their home in Alameda County, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024.

Suchir Balaji, 26, a former OpenAI engineer who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law was found dead ...

Suchir Balaji, 26, who just a month earlier revealed OpenAI's dubious methods of training ChatGPT, was found shot dead in his apartment in San Francisco on November 26.

Balaji was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26 in what police said “appeared to be a suicide. No evidence of foul play was found during the initial investigation.” ...

Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer from the Bay Area, and a whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT, was found deceased in his San Francisco apartment.

Balaji's family told the Associated Press that they are planning a memorial for him, set to take place later in December at the India Community Center in Milpitas, California, near his hometown ...

Suchir Balaji, the 26-year-old OpenAI researcher-turned-whistleblower, was found dead in an apartment in San Francisco, US last month. His death on November 26 was determined suicide by the San ...