Hacker News with Generative AI: Suicide

Death of OpenAI whistleblower deemed suicide in new autopsy report (techcrunch.com)
Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI employee, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26; on Friday, the city’s medical examiner ruled his death a suicide, countering suspicions by his family that had fueled widespread speculation online.

Artificial Intelligence, OpenAI, Technology, Death, Suicide

3 points by SanjayMehta 5 days ago | 1 comments

Autopsy: No foul play in OpenAI whistleblower's suicide (sfstandard.com)
An official autopsy has found no evidence of foul play in the death of 26-year-old Suchir Balaji.

OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, News, Suicide

22 points by necubi 7 days ago | 6 comments

Mental Health, Psychedelics and Life (docs.google.com)
After 18 months of intolerable torture, and after many months of consideration I have decided to end my life.

Mental Health, Psychedelics, Suicide

13 points by FartyMcFarter 49 days ago | 1 comments

Parents of OpenAI Whistleblower Don't Believe He Died by Suicide, Order Autopsy (sfist.com)
There is a bit more intrigue around the tragic death late last month of former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji, who was found dead in his Lower Haight apartment of an apparent suicide.

OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Death, Suicide, Investigations

230 points by miles 56 days ago | 151 comments

OpenAI Whistleblower's Death Ruled Suicide, Police Say (forbes.com)
An OpenAI whistleblower took his own life late last month in his San Francisco apartment.

OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, News, Suicide, Law Enforcement

8 points by ivewonyoung 70 days ago | 1 comments

HowStuffWorks founder Marshall Brain sent final email before sudden death (arstechnica.com)
The week before Thanksgiving, Marshall Brain sent a final email to his colleagues at North Carolina State University. "I have just been through one of the most demoralizing, depressing, humiliating, unjust processes possible with the university," wrote the founder of HowStuffWorks.com and director of NC State's Engineering Entrepreneurs Program. Hours later, campus police found that Brain had died by suicide.

Tech News, Obituaries, Suicide, Entrepreneurship, Education

16 points by LinuxBender 79 days ago | 3 comments

Farmers' Suicide in the United States (wikipedia.org)
Farmers are among the most likely to die by suicide, in comparison to other occupations, according to a study published in January 2020 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Agriculture, Mental Health, Suicide, United States

77 points by nativeit 95 days ago | 35 comments

Association of holidays and the day of the week with multicounty suicide risk (bmj.com)
Suicide is an important global public health concern. According to the World Health Organization, more than 700 000 people died due to suicide in 2019, accounting for approximately 1.3% of deaths, which was higher than the number of deaths by malaria, HIV/AIDS, and breast cancer.

Public Health, Suicide, Epidemiology, Seasonal Patterns, Mental Health

7 points by rntn 117 days ago | 1 comments

Lawsuit blames Character.AI in death of 14-year-old boy (techcrunch.com)
Character.AI is being targeted in a lawsuit after the suicide of a 14-year-old Florida boy whose mother says he became obsessed with a chatbot on the platform.

AI, Lawsuits, Suicide, Technology, Chatbots

14 points by andygcook 121 days ago | 2 comments

Can A.I. be blamed for a teen's suicide? (nytimes.com)
The mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy says he became obsessed with a chatbot on Character.AI before his death.

Artificial Intelligence, Suicide, Teenagers, Mental Health

52 points by uxhacker 121 days ago | 132 comments

CDC reports social media associated with bullying, sadness, and suicide (cdc.gov)
This report provides the first national prevalence estimate of social media use from a representative sample of U.S. high school students.

Social Media, Health, Teenagers, Suicide, Bullying

5 points by cwoolfe 135 days ago | 3 comments

Swiss police make arrests over suspected death in 'suicide capsule' (theguardian.com)
Swiss police say they have opened a criminal investigation and arrested several people after the suspected death of a woman in a so-called suicide capsule.

Switzerland, Crime, Death, Suicide, Assisted Suicide

6 points by bookofjoe 150 days ago | 1 comments

Several people detained in Switzerland over death in a 'suicide capsule' (apnews.com)
Police in northern Switzerland said Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule.”

Switzerland, Suicide, Crime, Technology

48 points by impish9208 150 days ago | 68 comments

'I Don't Want to Die.' He needed mental health care. He found a ghost network (npr.org)
Early one morning in February 2023, before the sun rose over Phoenix, Ravi Coutinho went on a walk and, for a brief moment, thought about hurling his body in front of a moving bus.

Mental Health, Ghost Networks, Suicide

207 points by jameslk 152 days ago | 198 comments

Access to broadband internet causally linked to reduction in suicides (nber.org)

Broadband Internet, Suicide, Public Health, Research, Economics

15 points by therabbithole 235 days ago | 9 comments

South Korea administrative robot defunct after apparent suicide (channelnewsasia.com)

South Korea, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Suicide

7 points by hilux 235 days ago | 2 comments

Pattern of brain damage is pervasive in Navy SEALs who died by suicide (nytimes.com)

Military, Mental Health, Suicide, Neuroscience

663 points by thelastgallon 236 days ago | 575 comments

Boeing whistleblower John 'Mitch' Barnett died by suicide, coroner rules (seattletimes.com)