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

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

The claim, filed in January, alleges that the SFPD covered up the crime, ruling it a suicide without carrying out an extensive examination.

Balaji, who had worked as a scientist at OpenAI, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment last November. Attorneys state Balaji's moms and dads, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, asked for further examination into his death however were told the case was currently closed.

"The claim demands that the city, police department, and medical examiner release public documents kept under the general public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, attorney for the petitioners, told Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't supplied within 10 days, and "no valid exceptions use, a claim can force their release. We will seek a court order to obtain them."

The claim claims that SFPD breached the California Public Records Act by unlawfully withholding public records of the case. Attorneys for Ramarao and Ramamurthy likewise argued that the investigation into their boy's death was hurried and insufficient, with authorities disregarding essential forensic findings and failing to address their demands for more query.

The claim demands the instant disclosure of all reports, pictures, and videos, securityholes.science in addition to protection of legal expenses.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not interpret and impose the law properly, 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 assisted OpenAI collect and utilize "huge amounts" of data taken from the internet without consent.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's household worked with forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to carry out a private autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen determined that there was a single gunshot wound 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 took a trip downward at a small left-to-right angle, links.gtanet.com.br entirely missing out on the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the suit. Dr. Cohen identified 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 instantly react to an ask for comment by Decrypt.

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

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