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

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

The claim, asteroidsathome.net filed in January, declares that the SFPD covered the criminal offense, ruling it a suicide without conducting a thorough examination.

Balaji, who had actually worked as a researcher at OpenAI, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment or condo last November. Attorneys say Balaji's moms and dads, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, asked for further investigation into his death however were told the case was currently closed.

"The claim requires that the city, cops department, and medical examiner release public files kept under the Public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, lawyer for the petitioners, informed Decrypt. He said that if the documents weren't provided within 10 days, and "no legitimate exceptions use, a claim can compel their release. We will seek a court order to obtain them."

The claim claims that SFPD violated 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 was rushed and insufficient, with officials neglecting key forensic findings and failing to address their ask for more query.

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

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not translate 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 Times in October, he said that before the public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had assisted OpenAI collect and utilize "massive amounts" of information drawn from the internet without approval.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's family worked with forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to perform a private autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen determined that there was a single gunshot injury 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, entirely missing 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 immediately react to a demand 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.