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

The claim, submitted in January, alleges that the SFPD covered the criminal activity, ruling it a suicide without conducting a comprehensive investigation.

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

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

The claim claims that SFPD broke the California Public Records Act by unlawfully keeping public records of the case. Attorneys for Ramarao and Ramamurthy also argued that the examination into their boy's death was rushed and insufficient, with authorities ignoring crucial forensic findings and failing to resolve their ask for further inquiry.

The claim requires the instant disclosure of all reports, disgaeawiki.info images, wiki.rrtn.org and videos, along with protection of legal expenses.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not interpret and enforce 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 city Times in October, he said that before the public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had actually assisted OpenAI collect and use "enormous quantities" of data drawn from the internet without approval.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's household hired forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to perform a private autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen identified that there was a injury in the mid-forehead, a little 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 small left-to-right angle, completely missing out on 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 further questions about the situations of his death.

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

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

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