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

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

The claim, submitted in January, alleges that the SFPD covered up the criminal offense, ruling it a suicide without conducting a thorough examination.

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

"The claim demands that the city, authorities department, and medical examiner release public documents withheld under the general public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, lawyer for the petitioners, informed Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't provided within 10 days, and "no valid exceptions use, a claim can oblige 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 likewise argued that the examination into their kid's death was rushed and insufficient, with authorities overlooking key and failing to address their requests for photorum.eclat-mauve.fr further questions.

The claim requires the immediate disclosure of all reports, images, and videos, links.gtanet.com.br along with protection of legal expenses.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not interpret and impose the law correctly, we will seek recourse 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 public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had actually assisted OpenAI gather and use "huge quantities" of data taken from the internet without authorization.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's family hired forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to carry out 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 bullet trajectory was uncommon for a suicide, as it took a trip downward at a small left-to-right angle, totally missing out on the brain before lodging in the brainstem, setiathome.berkeley.edu according to the fit. Dr. Cohen determined a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, which he said raised further questions about the circumstances of his death.

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

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

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