EP. #1165 The Strange Death of OpenAI Whistleblower Suchir Balaji

Richard welcomes an Emmy-Award winning investigative journalist to discuss the sudden death of Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher and whistleblower, has sparked a firestorm of controversy. Authorities have ruled it a suicide, but crime scene photos reportedly show bloodstains and signs of a struggle. His mother insists it was murder. Could Balaji’s knowledge of OpenAI’s darkest secrets have made him a target? And why are powerful entities—including OpenAI’s leadership and potentially even the CIA—so eager to move on?

GUEST: Joel Waldman is an Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist and co-host of the true-crime podcast Surviving the Survivor. A former Fox News correspondent covering national politics, he has also worked as an investigative reporter in New York, Miami, and Tucson. Based in Miami Beach, Joel specializes in uncovering corruption and unsolved mysteries.

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