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

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The parents of deceased OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji have actually 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, trade-britanica.trade however murder.

The claim, filed in January, declares that the SFPD covered the criminal activity, ruling it a suicide without performing a comprehensive investigation.

Balaji, who had worked as a researcher at OpenAI, was discovered dead in his San Francisco apartment or condo last November. Attorneys state Balaji's parents, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, requested even more examination into his death however were informed the case was currently closed.

"The claim requires that the city, cops department, and medical inspector release public files withheld under the Public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, lawyer for the petitioners, informed Decrypt. He said that if the documents weren't offered within 10 days, and "no valid exceptions use, a claim can force their release. We will look for 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 boy's death was hurried and insufficient, with officials neglecting key forensic findings and failing to resolve their demands for further query.

The claim requires the instant disclosure of all reports, images, and pediascape.science videos, along with coverage of legal costs.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not analyze and enforce the law correctly, we will look for option 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 general public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had helped OpenAI collect and utilize "huge amounts" of data taken from the internet without permission.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's household hired forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to perform a personal autopsy. In his report, 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 minor left-to-right angle, entirely missing the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the match. Dr. Cohen recognized a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, which he said raised further questions about the scenarios of his death.

The San Francisco Police Department did not instantly react to a demand for remark by Decrypt.

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