In an interview this week, Suchir Balaji’s mother and father expressed confusion and shock over his sudden passing, expressing doubt their son could have died by suicide, as determined by the county medical examiner. The family hired an expert to perform an independent autopsy, but has yet to release the report’s findings.

Suchir Balaji, a former researcher at OpenAI who openly questioned the legality of its data-gathering practices, died by suicide, authorities said.

In an exclusive interview, Poornima Ramarao shared details of the young engineer's childhood, successes, and death.

OpenAI has extended its full support to the family of former researcher Suchir Balaji, who was found dead in his San Francisco apartment. Balaji had previously raised concerns about the company's use of copyrighted content for training AI models.