India, Sept. 11 -- For the first time, OpenAI founder Sam Altman has publicly spoken about the death of whistleblower Suchir Balaji, a case mired in controversy. Altman's remarks came during a tense interview with controversial former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson, who insisted that Balaji's death was not a suicide, as ruled by police, but "a murder".

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 was that?" Carlson asked.

To this, Altman said, "Also a great tragedy. He committed suicide". Carlson then pressed again, asking, "Do you thin...