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

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The moms and dads 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 cause of his death was not suicide, but murder.

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

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

"The claim requires that the city, cops department, and medical inspector release public documents withheld under the general public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, attorney for oke.zone the petitioners, oke.zone told Decrypt. He said that if the documents weren't provided within 10 days, and "no valid exceptions apply, a claim can compel their release. We will seek 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 likewise argued that the investigation into their child's death was rushed and insufficient, with authorities ignoring crucial forensic findings and failing to address their ask for more inquiry.

The claim requires the immediate disclosure of all reports, images, kenpoguy.com and videos, along with coverage of legal costs.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not translate and enforce 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 Times in October, he said that before the general public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, trademarketclassifieds.com he had actually assisted OpenAI gather and utilize "massive amounts" of information taken from the web without authorization.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's family employed forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to carry out a personal autopsy. In his report, funsilo.date Dr. Cohen determined 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 traveled downward at a minor left-to-right angle, totally missing out on the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the match. Dr. Cohen identified a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, botdb.win which he said raised further questions about the scenarios of his death.

The San Francisco Police Department did not immediately react to a request for comment by Decrypt.

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

Despite Balaji's revelations, hb9lc.org OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pressed back on the New york city Times' claims. Speaking at the paper's annual DealBook Summit, Altman dismissed the claims.