Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on November 26, 2024. His mother, Poornima Ramarao, claims that her son had crucial documents and information about the artificial intelligence industry that would have significantly impacted it. This revelation comes after Balaji was named as a potential witness in a lawsuit brought against OpenAI by The New York Times.
https://indiatoday.in/india/story/suchir-balaji-testimony-shaken-openai-microsoft-mother-suicide-case-foul-play-2657683-2024-12-31Reporters Without Borders is calling on Apple to remove its generative AI tool, which has been incorrectly summarizing news articles. The organization's head of technology and journalism, Vincent Berthier, stated that the tool's probabilistic nature makes it unreliable for producing information about current events. Since its launch in June, users have reported errors, including a false summary of a New York Times story claiming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been arrested when in fact an arrest warrant was issued by the International Criminal Court.
https://en.tempo.co/read/1955626/apples-ai-feature-criticized-for-misleading-headlinesBalaji, an engineer who worked at OpenAI, has raised concerns about the company's use of people's data without their consent and its potential for copyright infringement. He told The New York Times that he was concerned about how the company's commercial products were rolling out, including their propensity for spouting false information known as hallucinations. Balaji had considered testifying in several lawsuits against OpenAI, including one brought by The New York Times, and had expressed his concerns to the Associated Press. He left OpenAI after a period of internal turmoil that led to the firing and rehiring of CEO Sam Altman.
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