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OpenAI whistleblower’s death deemed suicide (techcrunch.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 57 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Yeah, everyone knows that people who have the courage to blow the whistle when they see awful shit, are likely to kill themselves before they can share that information with anyone... Makes complete sense.

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Same with Aaron Swartz.

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  • [+] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] [S] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Very similar story to the guy above. I mean, very similar!

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Except Aaron was being prosecuted for pirating open scientific papers. He was being heavily pressured by the FBI and was facing serious fines and jail time.

    It’s less surprising that he took his own life in that situation. I know less about the OpenAI whistleblower, but it seems much more suspicious from here.

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