India, Sept. 12 -- A heated exchange broke out between American conservative commentator and television host Tucker Carlson and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during a recent interview, after the former raised questions about the suspicious death of Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher of Indian origin.

Suchir Balaji was found dead at his apartment in San Francisco in November 2024, weeks after he accused OpenAI of unlawfully using copyrighted material from the internet, including books, articles, and other online content, to train its large language models such as ChatGPT.

Investigators ruled it a suicide caused by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, citing a locked front door, absence of forced entry, and autopsy findings consiste...