What did Suchir Balaji expose about OpenAI? Whistleblower wrote about ‘copyright, fair use’ in final X post before death

The tragic suicide of former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji has renewed conversations about companies breaking copyright law. Final X post reveals details Balaji worked at OpenAI for four years, before quitting after he realised the technology would bring more harm than good to society. As part of a good faith compromise, OpenAI reportedly said it would search Balaji’s custodial file related to the copyright concerns that had been expressed by him. OpenAI and Microsoft are facing various lawsuits from newspapers and media publishers – including The New York Times – who have accused the generative AI startup of breaking copyright law.