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The family of Suchir Balaji state he was killed and didn't kill himself. Now they've taken legal action against San Francisco and its police 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, declaring that the genuine reason for his death was not suicide, but murder.

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

Balaji, who had 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 even more examination into his death however were told the case was already closed.

"The claim demands that the city, authorities department, and medical examiner release public files kept under the general public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, attorney for visualchemy.gallery the petitioners, told Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't supplied within 10 days, and "no valid exceptions apply, a claim can force their release. We will seek 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 son's death was rushed and inadequate, links.gtanet.com.br with authorities overlooking essential forensic findings and failing to address their requests for additional inquiry.

The claim demands the instant disclosure of all reports, photos, and videos, in addition to protection of legal costs.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not analyze and enforce the law properly, we will seek option with the Court of Appeal. We hope it doesn't 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, he had actually assisted OpenAI collect and use "huge quantities" of information taken from the internet without authorization.

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 wound in the mid-forehead, slightly to the right of the bridge of his nose.

Dr. Cohen said that the was uncommon for a suicide, as it traveled downward at a slight left-to-right angle, 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 immediately react to an ask for comment by Decrypt.

The claim called out the situations of Bilaji's death. His body was discovered a week after The New york city Times mentioned 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 city Times' claims. Speaking at the newspaper's yearly DealBook Summit, Altman dismissed the claims.