OpenAI whistleblower’s death fuels ‘conspiracy theory’ boosted by Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, US congressman

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OpenAI whistleblower’s death fuels ‘conspiracy theory’ boosted by Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, US congressman
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SEOUL: Nationwide heavy snow is expected to signal the beginning of Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year) holiday from Monday (Jan 27), according to the Korea Meteorological Administration on Friday (Jan 24).

Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy attend a vigil for their son Suchir Balaji in California. The former OpenAI researcher was found dead in his San Francisco apartment in November. — Bay Area News Group/TNS

Then, Elon Musk on Wednesday re-posted to his 213 million followers on X the allegation through another contributor on the platform with one million followers who said “OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji was murdered” with a clip from the Carlson podcast. Musk also retweeted a post with a clip from that podcast showing Ramarao discussing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Experts say many conspiracy theories gain believability because they’re fabricated around a kernel of truth. Balaji was found dead Nov 26 in his San Francisco apartment, a month after he toldthat OpenAI broke federal copyright laws to hoover data from the Internet that it used to feed its artificial intelligence. In court filings, the newspaper had named him as one of a number of people whose “unique and relevant documents” would help its copyright lawsuit against OpenAI.

Balaji’s mother told Carlson a private autopsy the family commissioned indicates a murderer shot him. The family told this news organisation they do not believe Balaji died by suicide, but declined to share the autopsy. When someone considered a whistleblower dies suddenly while poised to release more information, “that’s enough for people to feel something’s up,” Vincent said. “Then come the whole army of people online.”

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