His mother, Poornima Ramarao, bravely faced the mourners who gathered to offer their condolences, her smile a stark contrast to the grief she was grappling with. "I am not grieving," she declared at a vigil held in Milpitas, California, a city approximately 50 miles south-east of San Francisco. "I have become numb." However, her stoic facade crumbled as she spoke about the loss of her only son, tears streaming down her face.
As reported by The Guardian, Balaji's parents are questioning the circumstances surrounding their son's death. The official cause of death, as determined by the office of the chief medical examiner, was suicide. However, they refuse to accept this conclusion and are demanding an FBI investigation. Their demand stems from a lack of confidence in the San Francisco police department's ability to conduct a comprehensive investigation into a case that involves complex issues such as cybersecurity and whistleblower protection.
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Balaji was found lifeless in his San Francisco apartment on November 26, after his mother had been unable to contact him for three days. She filed a missing person report in Union City, where she resides, approximately 40 miles from San Francisco. This led to the San Francisco authorities being alerted. "Officers and medics arrived on scene and located a deceased adult male from what appeared to be a suicide," the police reported. "No evidence of foul play was found during the initial investigation."
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Ramarao, however, disputes the speed and conclusiveness of the medical examiner's determination. She claims it took merely 40 seconds from the time they arrived at the scene to declare it a suicide. "The reason they said is he went inside and did not come out, nobody was with him … and he shot himself," Ramarao explained. "There was a gun near him." Balaji's parents maintain that their son had no history of mental illness and no suicide note was discovered.
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The last person to converse with Balaji was his father, Balaji Ramamurthy, on November 22. They discussed his recent trip to Los Angeles, a part of his birthday celebration. "He was in LA and having a good time. So he sent us all the pictures," Ramamurthy reminisced about their 15-minute call after Balaji's return. "He was in a good mood." Despite the parents' doubts, the San Francisco police maintain that the investigation is still open and active.
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Balaji was a computer science graduate from the University of California, Berkeley, and joined OpenAI in November 2020. He was part of the team that worked on a project called WebGPT, which, according to John Schulman, one of the OpenAI co-founders, laid the groundwork for ChatGPT. "I was heartbroken to hear of Suchir’s passing. I worked with Suchir on and off since around 2021, and he was one of my favorite and most talented collaborators," Schulman expressed.
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Balaji left OpenAI in August this year, the same day as Schulman, and publicly accused generative AI developers, including OpenAI, of copyright violations. In an interview with the New York Times in October, Balaji claimed that OpenAI had breached copyright law and that products like ChatGPT were harming the internet. He stated, "If you believe what I believe, you have to just leave the company." OpenAI expressed devastation at the news of Balaji's death and offered full support to his parents during this challenging time.
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At the vigil, speakers highlighted Balaji's significant work, including his advocacy for copyright laws. Ganesh Balamitran, a resident of Fremont, praised Balaji's fight for every creative individual. "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. Aruja Gupta, a student at San Jose State University who attended the vigil in solidarity with Balaji's family, echoed the parents' call for a more thorough investigation.
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Balaji's parents, surrounded by nearly 80 people, reminisced about their son's childhood. "He was a prodigy," Ramarao said. "We knew he had excellent motor skills when he was two and a half months. At 13 months old, he showed he was not ordinary by picking up all the alphabet. Less than two years old, he could recognize words." She also praised her son's integrity, stating that he never spoke ill of his teachers, school, or colleagues. "I don’t know how I could have saved my son by teaching him to tell lies," Ramarao lamented. "The ethics with which I raised him took his life today."
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The tragic loss of Suchir Balaji underscores the need for a thorough investigation into his death. His parents' demand for an FBI investigation is a plea for justice and truth. As they grapple with their loss, the memory of their son's prodigious talent and unwavering integrity offers a glimmer of solace.