The household of Suchir Balaji state he was murdered and didn't eliminate himself. Now they have actually taken legal action against San Francisco and its authorities department.

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The parents of departed OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji have taken legal action against the city of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Department, alleging that the real reason for his death was not suicide, but murder.

The claim, submitted in January, alleges that the SFPD concealed the crime, ruling it a suicide without conducting a comprehensive examination.

Balaji, who had actually worked as a scientist at OpenAI, was discovered dead in his San Francisco home last November. Attorneys state Balaji's moms and dads, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, requested further examination into his death but were informed the case was currently closed.

"The claim requires that the city, authorities department, and medical examiner release public files kept under the general public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, lawyer for the petitioners, photorum.eclat-mauve.fr told Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't supplied within 10 days, agora-antikes.gr and "no valid exceptions apply, a claim can oblige their release. We will look for a court order to obtain them."

The claim claims that SFPD violated the California Public Records Act by unlawfully keeping public records of the case. Attorneys for Ramarao and Ramamurthy also argued that the investigation into their child's death was hurried and insufficient, with officials disregarding key forensic findings and failing to resolve their requests for oke.zone more questions.

The claim requires the immediate disclosure of all reports, images, and videos, wavedream.wiki in addition to protection of legal costs.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not interpret and enforce the law properly, we will seek recourse with the Court of Appeal. We hope it doesn't pertain to that."

Balaji worked for annunciogratis.net OpenAI from November 2020 to August 2024. In an interview with The New york city Times in October, he said that before the public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had actually helped OpenAI gather and use "massive amounts" of information drawn from the web without approval.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's family employed forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to carry out a personal autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen figured out that there was a single gunshot injury in the mid-forehead, somewhat to the right of the bridge of his nose.

Dr. Cohen said that the bullet trajectory was unusual for a suicide, as it traveled downward at a slight left-to-right angle, totally missing the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the suit. Dr. Cohen recognized a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, which he said raised even more questions about the situations of his death.

The San Francisco Police Department did not immediately react to an ask for remark by Decrypt.

The claim called out the situations of Bilaji's death. His body was found a week after The New york city Times pointed out the whistleblower in a court filing associated to its claim against OpenAI.

Despite Balaji's discoveries, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pressed back on the New york city Times' claims. Speaking at the newspaper's annual DealBook Summit, Altman dismissed the claims.