Former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji, who raised concerns about the company’s copyright practices related to training AI models, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment. His death has sparked discussions about the ethics of AI training data and the impact on online content creators. Balaji’s work involved gathering data for models like GPT-4, and he expressed concerns about the potential harm to online communities, particularly due to the free copying of data used in training AI models, and the implications of fair use.