The household of Suchir Balaji say he was murdered and didn't kill himself. Now they've taken legal action against San Francisco and its police department.

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The moms and dads of deceased OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji have actually taken legal action against the city of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Department, declaring that the genuine cause of his death was not suicide, but murder.

The claim, filed in January, alleges that the SFPD covered the criminal offense, ruling it a suicide without carrying out a comprehensive investigation.

Balaji, who had worked as a researcher at OpenAI, was discovered dead in his San Francisco house last November. Attorneys state Balaji's parents, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, asked for even more investigation into his death but were told the case was currently closed.

"The claim demands that the city, police department, and medical inspector release public documents withheld under the Public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, attorney for pl.velo.wiki the petitioners, told Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't supplied within 10 days, and "no valid exceptions use, 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 kid's death was hurried and insufficient, with authorities ignoring crucial forensic findings and failing to resolve their requests for additional query.

The claim requires the immediate disclosure of all reports, photos, and videos, along with protection of legal expenses.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not analyze and impose the law correctly, we will look for option with the Court of Appeal. We hope it does not pertain to that."

Balaji worked for OpenAI from November 2020 to August 2024. In an interview with The New york city Times in October, he said that before the general public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had actually assisted OpenAI collect and utilize "huge amounts" of information drawn from the internet without consent.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's household employed forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to perform a private autopsy. In his report, asteroidsathome.net Dr. Cohen figured out that there was a single gunshot wound in the mid-forehead, slightly to the right of the bridge of his nose.

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

The San Francisco Police Department did not right away react to a demand mariskamast.net for remark by Decrypt.

The claim called out the situations of Bilaji's death. His body was discovered a week after The New York Times mentioned the whistleblower in a court filing related to its claim against OpenAI.

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