Family of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji demand FBI investigate death

[cbabe]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/28/openai-whistleblower-suchir-balaji

Family of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji demand FBI investigate death

Parents believe San Francisco police lack ability to conduct thorough investigation into multifaceted case

Ahamad Fuwad
Sat 28 Dec 2024 15.10 EST

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They have demanded an FBI investigation into his death. The demand, Ramarao said, stems from their belief that the San Francisco police department lacks the ability to conduct a thorough investigation into a case that includes issues such as cybersecurity and whistleblower protection.

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Ramarao said it took the medical examiner 40 seconds from the time they arrived at the scene to declare it a suicide.

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Balaji quit OpenAI in August this year, the same day as Schulman, and publicly spoke of copyright violations by generative AI developers including OpenAI.

In an interview with the New York Times in October, Balaji said OpenAI had violated copyright law and products like ChatGPT were damaging the internet.

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Ganesh Balamitran, a Fremont resident, said Balaji fought for every creative person.

“You cannot replace human creators with computers, and he was pointing that out with his work, and I think he was starting to fight that battle for every creative artist out there,” Balamitran said.

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[SheltieLover]

1. 40 seconds?

[highplainsdem]

3. It's absolutely insane that the examiner did this, and got away with it so long.

[SheltieLover]

4. Sounds quite ruskie-esque to me

[Stargazer99]

2. It reminds me of the two "suicides" from Boeings which occurred close to each other

and BOTH whistle blowers stating if they "committed suicide" it wasn't suicide. Business now getting the right to eliminate the problem???

[cbabe]

5. Also remembering Gary Webb

All That's Interesting
https://allthatsinteresting.com › gary-webb

How Gary Webb Linked The CIA To The Crack Epidemic - All That's Interesting

Gary Webb was a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, but the media did everything it could to discredit his 1996 exposé on the

[SheltieLover]

6. Exactly! Reminds me of pootin's enemies falling out windows

[cbabe]

7. And Michael Hastings

US News
https://www.usnews.com › news › newsgram › articles › 2013 › 06 › 20 › wikileaks-journalist-michael-hastings-under-fbi-investigation-before-death

WikiLeaks: Journalist Michael Hastings Under FBI Investigation Before Death

The document-leaking organization WikiLeaks says journalist Michael Hastings called the organization's attorney hours

[SheltieLover]

8. I guess this is what happens when a very few have way too much money

[reACTIONary]

9. He was murdered because he spoke out about ....

.... copyright protection? That's ridiculous.