Prior to his death, Balaji publicly accused OpenAI of violating US copyright law with its generative AI app, ChatGPT. The California native joined the [[Artificial Intelligence]] company as a researcher in 2022 but was quickly disturbed by the workings of the image and text generation programs. Back in October, Balaji was the subject of a [New York Times profile](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/technology/openai-copyright-law.html)that detailed what he believes are fair use violations committed regularly by ChatGPT. On Nov. 18, The Times filed a letter in federal court that named Balaji as a person with “unique and relevant documents” that they would use in their current litigation against OpenAI, The Mirror reports. That lawsuit alleges that Microsoft and OpenAI are simply cribbing the work of their reporters and editors with flagrant disregard for journalistic ethics and legality. `Concepts:` `Knowledge Base:`