The mother of Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher who was found dead after accusing the company of violating copyright laws, alleged that her son was ‘murdered’ and demanded an FBI investigation into the matter.

Poornima Ramarao is seeking an FBI investigation into the death of her son, which happened just weeks after he raised red-flag over the practices at OpenAI, which is the creator of ChatGPT.

The family of Suchir Balaji, OpenAI whistleblower who was found dead at his apartment in November, has claimed that he was planning to expose OpenAI and take legal action against the company. Suchir's mother also claimed someone accessed his devices and this is being investigated.

The family of Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old whistleblower who accused OpenAI of copyright infringements, has disclosed that he was preparing to take legal action against the company before his untimely death.

Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher and whistleblower, had raised concerns about the company’s use of copyrighted data to train its ChatGPT chatbot. His death came just a week after being named in court filings as having crucial documents supporting the case against OpenAI.

In the weeks leading up to his death, Suchir Balaji had been outspoken about his growing unease with the direction of AI development.

Suchir Balaji, an OpenAI whistleblower, may not have died by suicide, his mother Poornima Ramarao alleged in an interview with India Today.

In a heart-wrenching interview with Business Today Executive Director Rahul Kanwal, Poornima Rao, mother of Suchir Balaji, an ex-OpenAI researcher, shared her grief and growing concerns surrounding the mysterious death of her son.