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The household of Suchir Balaji say he was killed and didn't eliminate himself. Now they've 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 the San Francisco Police Department, declaring that the real cause of his death was not suicide, however murder.

The claim, submitted in January, declares that the SFPD concealed the criminal offense, ruling it a suicide without carrying out a thorough investigation.

Balaji, who had actually worked as a researcher 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 already closed.

"The claim demands that the city, authorities department, and medical examiner release public documents kept under the general public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, lawyer for the petitioners, told Decrypt. He said that if the documents weren't provided within 10 days, and "no valid exceptions use, a claim can force 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 likewise argued that the investigation into their boy's death was rushed and oke.zone inadequate, with officials neglecting crucial forensic findings and failing to address their demands for more query.

The claim demands the immediate disclosure of all reports, photos, and videos, in addition to protection of legal costs.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not interpret and impose the law properly, 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 city Times in October, he said that before the public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had helped OpenAI gather and utilize "massive quantities" of information taken from the web without consent.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's household hired forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to perform a . 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 uncommon for a suicide, as it traveled downward at a minor left-to-right angle, totally missing the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the suit. Dr. Cohen recognized 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 respond to an ask for comment by Decrypt.

The claim called out the situations of Bilaji's death. His body was discovered a week after The New York Times pointed out the whistleblower in a court filing related to its claim against OpenAI.

Despite Balaji's revelations, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pressed back on the New York Times' claims. Speaking at the newspaper's annual DealBook Summit, Altman dismissed the claims.