The household of Suchir Balaji state he was killed and didn't eliminate himself. Now they have actually taken legal action against San Francisco and its authorities department.

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

The claim, filed in January, alleges that the SFPD concealed the crime, ruling it a suicide without conducting a thorough investigation.

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

"The claim requires that the city, authorities department, and medical inspector release public files kept under the general public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, forum.altaycoins.com lawyer for the petitioners, informed Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't offered within 10 days, and "no legitimate 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 withholding public records of the case. Attorneys for Ramarao and Ramamurthy also argued that the examination into their kid's death was hurried and inadequate, with officials overlooking crucial forensic findings and failing to address their requests for further query.

The claim demands the instant disclosure of all reports, images, 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 look for option 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 general public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had helped OpenAI gather and use "enormous quantities" of information taken from the web without permission.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's family employed forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to carry out a personal autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen determined that there was a 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 small left-to-right angle, entirely missing out on the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the suit. Dr. Cohen determined 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 right away 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 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 newspaper's yearly DealBook Summit, Altman dismissed the claims.