Editor Jessica Hernández, who won an Emmy last year for her work on the “Sister, May I Call You Oshun?” episode of A Black Lady Sketch Show, has joined the roster of Lost Planet for commercials and branded content. This marks Hernández’s first representation in the advertising arena.
In terms of her awards pedigree, Hernández recently landed her first ACE Eddie nomination, also for A Black Lady Sketch Show. And back in 2011 she won a Peabody Award for the feature documentary Bhutto, directed by Duane Baughman. Bhutto made its premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Hernández’s body of work ranges from scripted TV to documentaries and narrative features. In addition to A Black Lady Sketch Show, her most recent endeavors include episodes of Adam McKay’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Laker Dynasty miniseries which is slated to debut next month on HBO Max.
Suchir Balaji poses for a photo in Hawaii in 2018. Balaji was a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who died in November 2024. (Balaji Ramamurthy via AP)
Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26.
Balaji worked at OpenAI for nearly four years before quitting in August. He was well-regarded by colleagues at the San Francisco company, where a co-founder this week called him one of OpenAI's strongest contributors who was essential to developing some of its products.
"We are devastated to learn of this incredibly sad news and our hearts go out to Suchir's loved ones during this difficult time," said a statement from OpenAI.
Balaji was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26 in what police said "appeared to be a suicide. No evidence of foul play was found during the initial investigation." The city's chief medical examiner's office confirmed the manner of death to be suicide.
His parents Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy said they are still seeking answers, describing their son as a "happy, smart and brave young man" who loved to hike and recently returned from a trip with friends.
Balaji grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and first arrived at the fledgling AI research lab for a 2018 summer internship while studying computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. He returned a few years later to work at OpenAI, where one of his first projects, called WebGPT, helped pave the way for ChatGPT.
"Suchir's contributions to this project were essential, and it wouldn't have succeeded without him," said OpenAI co-founder John Schulman in a social media post memorializing Balaji. Schulman, who recruited Balaji to his team, said what... Read More
