The family of Suchir Balaji say he was murdered and didn't eliminate himself. Now they've taken legal action against San Francisco and its police 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 genuine cause of his death was not suicide, alkhazana.net however murder.

The claim, submitted in January, alleges that the SFPD covered the criminal activity, e.bike.free.fr ruling it a suicide without conducting a thorough investigation.

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

"The claim requires that the city, cops department, and medical examiner release public files withheld under the general public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, attorney for the petitioners, told Decrypt. He said that if the documents weren't offered within 10 days, and "no legitimate exceptions apply, a claim can oblige their release. We will seek a court order to obtain them."

The claim claims that SFPD breached 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 son's death was hurried and forum.altaycoins.com inadequate, with authorities overlooking key forensic findings and failing to resolve their ask for more query.

The claim demands the immediate disclosure of all reports, library.kemu.ac.ke images, and videos, in addition to protection of legal expenses.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not translate and impose the law correctly, we will seek 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, king-wifi.win he said that before the public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had assisted OpenAI collect and utilize "huge quantities" of information taken from the web without authorization.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's family hired forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to perform a personal autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen determined that there was a single gunshot injury in the mid-forehead, a little to the right of the bridge of his nose.

Dr. Cohen said that the bullet trajectory was unusual for a suicide, links.gtanet.com.br as it traveled downward at a small left-to-right angle, entirely missing out on 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 circumstances of his death.

The San Francisco Police Department did not instantly respond to an ask for remark by Decrypt.

The claim called out the scenarios 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 discoveries, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pushed back on the New york city Times' claims. Speaking at the paper's yearly DealBook Summit, Altman dismissed the claims.