Suchir Balaji, 26, was found dead inside his Buchanan Street apartment on Nov. 26, San Francisco police and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said. Police had been called to the Lower Haight residence at about 1 p.m. that day, after receiving a call asking officers to check on his well-being, a police spokesperson said.

Suchir Balaji went public with concerns about the ChatGPT's alleged copyright violations in October. Officials said he died by suicide.

Former OpenAI researcher and whistleblower was found dead at his residence in San Francisco. He was 26 years old.

A former OpenAI employee has been found dead at his San Francisco apartment and officials determined he took his own life, months after he spoke to the New York Times about his view that his former employer’s AI programs violated copyright law.