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The family of Suchir Balaji say 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 deceased OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji have taken legal action against the city of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Department, declaring that the real cause of his death was not suicide, however murder.

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

Balaji, who had actually worked as a researcher at OpenAI, was discovered dead in his San Francisco home last November. Attorneys say Balaji's moms and dads, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, requested even more investigation into his death however were informed the case was already closed.

"The claim demands that the city, cops department, and medical examiner release public documents withheld under the Public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, lawyer for the petitioners, told Decrypt. He said that if the documents weren't offered within 10 days, morphomics.science 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 withholding public records of the case. Attorneys for Ramarao and Ramamurthy also argued that the examination into their son's death was hurried and inadequate, with authorities disregarding essential forensic findings and failing to address their ask for additional query.

The claim demands the instant disclosure of all reports, pictures, and videos, together with protection of legal costs.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not analyze and impose the law correctly, we will seek recourse 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 public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had actually assisted OpenAI collect and utilize "enormous amounts" of information drawn from the web 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, 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 uncommon for a suicide, as it traveled downward at a slight left-to-right angle, totally missing out on the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the match. Dr. a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, which he said raised further concerns about the situations of his death.

The San Francisco Police Department did not right away react to an ask for comment by Decrypt.

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

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