New Delhi:
The parents of Suchir Balaji, a former employee of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, have alleged that Suchir’s autopsy showed signs of struggle like head injury. Let us tell you that after leaving the Artificial Intelligence company, 26-year-old Suchir had expressed ethical concern over the way OpenAI works. After this, he was found dead in his San Francisco flat in early December. Officials had declared his death a suicide.
Suchir’s parents talked to NDTV
Balaji’s parents Ramamurthy and Purnima Rao, while speaking to NDTV, talked about their son’s tragic death and also pleaded for justice for their son. Balaji’s mother said, “We have read the second autopsy report and it has revealed that there was an injury on his head and other details suggest that it is not suicide but murder.”
The father last talked to his son about this
Talking about his last conversation with his son, Ramamurthy said, “He was coming back from a birthday party in Los Angeles where he met his friends and he was happy. He told me he wanted to go to Los Angeles. For a tech show in January. Finally he said he was going for dinner.”
Suchir was working as a researcher for OpenAI for the last four years.
Born and raised in California, Suchir was working as a researcher with OpenAI for the last four years. He left the company in August in protest against OpenAI’s business practices. Suchir had alleged that OpenAI was breaking US copyright law and had also given an interview to the New York Times regarding this. The title of this report was released by the New York Times with the name “Former OpenAI researcher accuses the company of breaking copyright law”.
Suchir was in top 10 in AI
Purnima Rao said that he was in the top 10 in the Artificial Intelligence industry. He said, “Why would he quit OpenAI and leave the AI ​​industry altogether? He was about to start something in neuroscience and machine learning. We suspect whether OpenAI was threatening him because he did not join a job elsewhere.” So it’s possible that he is being threatened.”
For this reason Suchir gave an interview to New York Times
His mother said that “Suchir consulted a copyright lawyer and found that he was not doing anything wrong and they were suppressing him. That’s why he went for an interview with The New York Times.” He told that Suchir had told him that he is working on some research and when it is ready, he will publish it. “In their publication, they have clarified, based on mathematics, that the answers being given do not exactly correspond to the information provided to ChatGPT.”
Mother Purnima said this
Purnima Rao said that Suchir had told her that ChatGPT was stealing the work of artists and journalists and this was very unethical. “I agree with him. He was not fighting against OpenAI, he was standing for humanity. He wrote in his article that he thought AI was good for humanity but it was more harmful.”
Suchir’s mother gave this advice to her son
Suchir’s mother said that she had advised her son to create support for this cause and he was working on it. The parents of 26-year-old Suchir said they felt the information Suchir had could prove to be a turning point for the AI ​​industry. Purnima Rao said, “We believe it is a power play, we have the autopsy report and he has not committed suicide. But we need to know who did this and why.”
Elon Musk supported the family
Some time ago, Elon Musk, boss of social media platform X and co-founder of OpenAI, supported Suchir Balaji’s parents. When Purnima Rao posted on X that her son did not commit suicide but was murdered, Musk replied, “This does not look like suicide.” Purnima Rao said that this was support from her side but she also told that she has not yet asked for help from Musk.
Demanded FBI investigation to solve the mystery of son’s death.
Demanding an FBI investigation into her son’s death, Suchir’s mother said, “They should get to the bottom of this and get justice for my son. A very precious life has been lost, it is a loss to the tech industry, he Was extremely smart. His former boss at OpenAI said that he had tampered with the algorithm and found a way to do things in an easier way, due to which OpenAI says that. He is supporting us but we don’t know how he is doing so.”
Suchir’s parents also contacted Indian authorities
Suchir’s parents said they have also contacted Indian officials in the US and have been assured of assistance. “We hope that the Indian government will support us and raise its voice for us.”
