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OpenAI's Sam Altman breaks silence on whistleblower Suchir Balaji's death: 'He was like a friend of mine'

OpenAI's Sam Altman breaks silence on whistleblower Suchir Balaji's death: 'He was like a friend of mine'
business9/11/2025

Suchir Balaji, an Indian-origin researcher who worked at OpenAI for four years, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment in November 2024.

At the start of their conversation, Carlson brought up Balaji’s prior complaints about OpenAI. “You had complaints from one programmer who said you guys were basically stealing people’s stuff and not paying them, and then he wound up murdered. What w... [2301 chars]