Suchir Balaji, former OpenAI researcher, found dead in San Francisco at 26 [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO — A former artificial intelligence researcher at OpenAI has died weeks after publicly accusing the company of violating copyright laws, multiple media outlets reported Friday. 

Suchir Balaji, 26, was found dead in his San Franscisco apartment on Nov. 26, authorities told The Mercury News, which first reported the story. Police told the outlet there is “currently, no evidence of foul play” in the 26-year-old’s death.

San Franscisco’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed to The Mercury News and CNBC that “the manner of death has been determined to be suicide.”

Balaji left OpenAI in August after four years because he “no longer wanted to contribute to technologies that he believed would bring society more harm than benefit,” according to the New York Times, who profiled him in October. 

The 26-year-old …