A former OpenAI research whistleblower on the company’s process for training its generative AI models has died at age 26. Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment,

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.

OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji was reportedly found dead from an apparent suicide in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26. He was 26.