The family of Suchir Balaji say he was killed and engel-und-waisen.de didn't eliminate himself. Now they have actually taken legal action against San Francisco and its police department.

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The parents of departed OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji have taken legal action against the city of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Department, declaring that the real reason for his death was not suicide, however murder.

The claim, submitted in January, declares that the SFPD concealed the crime, setiathome.berkeley.edu ruling it a suicide without conducting a comprehensive examination.

Balaji, who had actually worked as a researcher at OpenAI, was found dead in his San Francisco home last November. Attorneys say Balaji's parents, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, requested further examination into his death however were told the case was already closed.

"The claim demands that the city, police department, and medical examiner release public files kept under the Public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, lawyer for the petitioners, told Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't offered within 10 days, and "no valid exceptions apply, a claim can compel 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 withholding public records of the case. Attorneys for Ramarao and Ramamurthy also argued that the investigation into their kid's death was rushed and insufficient, with authorities disregarding key forensic findings and failing to resolve their ask for further questions.

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

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not interpret 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 Times in October, he said that before the public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had actually helped OpenAI collect and utilize "enormous quantities" of data drawn from the web without approval.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's family worked with forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to carry out a personal autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen identified 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 unusual for a suicide, as it took a trip downward at a minor left-to-right angle, entirely missing out on the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the fit. Dr. Cohen identified a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, which he said raised even more questions about the scenarios of his death.

The San Francisco Police Department did not immediately react to an ask 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 discussed 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 Times' claims. Speaking at the paper's yearly DealBook Summit, Altman dismissed the claims.