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

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

The claim, filed in January, alleges that the SFPD concealed the criminal activity, ruling it a suicide without carrying out a thorough examination.

Balaji, who had worked as a researcher at OpenAI, was discovered dead in his San Francisco house last November. Attorneys say Balaji's moms and dads, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, requested further examination into his death however were informed 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, lawyer for the petitioners, informed Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't supplied within 10 days, and "no valid exceptions use, a claim can oblige 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 hurried and insufficient, akropolistravel.com with authorities overlooking essential forensic findings and failing to resolve their ask for more questions.

The claim requires the instant disclosure of all reports, photos, and videos, along with protection of legal costs.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not interpret and impose the law correctly, we will look for 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 gather and utilize "massive quantities" of data drawn from the internet without authorization.

According to the claim, akropolistravel.com in December, Balaji's family employed forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to carry out a personal autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen figured out 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 minor left-to-right angle, totally missing the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the suit. Dr. Cohen recognized a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, which he said raised even more questions about the circumstances 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 pointed out the whistleblower in a court filing associated to its claim against OpenAI.

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