The household of Suchir Balaji say he was killed and didn't kill himself. Now they've taken legal action against San Francisco and its cops department.

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The moms and bphomesteading.com dads 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 real reason for his death was not suicide, however murder.

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

Balaji, who had actually worked as a researcher at OpenAI, was discovered dead in his San Francisco house last November. Attorneys state Balaji's parents, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, asked for further into his death however were told the case was already closed.

"The claim requires that the city, cops department, and medical examiner release public documents withheld under the general public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, attorney for the petitioners, told Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't offered 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 violated 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 hurried and forum.altaycoins.com insufficient, with officials overlooking key forensic findings and failing to address their ask for additional inquiry.

The claim requires the immediate disclosure of all reports, pictures, and videos, along with protection of legal expenses.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not translate and enforce the law properly, 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 city Times in October, classifieds.ocala-news.com he said that before the 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 family employed forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to carry out a private autopsy. In his report, wiki.insidertoday.org Dr. Cohen identified that there was a single gunshot wound in the mid-forehead, a little to the right of the bridge of his nose.

Dr. Cohen said that the bullet trajectory was uncommon for a suicide, as it traveled downward at a slight left-to-right angle, completely missing out on the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the match. Dr. Cohen determined 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 a request for remark by Decrypt.

The claim called out the circumstances of Bilaji's death. His body was found 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 pressed back on the New york city Times' claims. Speaking at the paper's annual DealBook Summit, Altman dismissed the claims.