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1 Parents Of Dead OpenAI Whistleblower Sue San Francisco, Alleging Murder Cover Up

The household of Suchir Balaji state he was killed and didn't eliminate himself. Now they have actually taken legal action against San Francisco and its authorities 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, alleging that the real reason for his death was not suicide, however murder.

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

Balaji, who had actually worked as a scientist at OpenAI, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment last November. Attorneys say Balaji's moms and dads, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, asked for even more investigation into his death but were told the case was already closed.

"The claim requires that the city, cops department, and medical examiner release public documents withheld under the Public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, attorney for the petitioners, informed Decrypt. He said that if the documents weren't offered within 10 days, and "no valid exceptions apply, 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 keeping public records of the case. Attorneys for Ramarao and Ramamurthy also argued that the examination into their kid's death was hurried and insufficient, with authorities disregarding crucial forensic findings and failing to address their requests for more inquiry.

The claim demands the immediate disclosure of all reports, pictures, and videos, together with protection of legal expenses.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not analyze and impose the law correctly, 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 city Times in October, he said that before the general public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had assisted OpenAI gather and use "massive quantities" of information drawn from the internet without consent.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's family worked with forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to carry out a private autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen determined that there was a single gunshot wound 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 small left-to-right angle, entirely missing the brain before lodging in the brainstem, addsub.wiki according to the match. Dr. Cohen determined 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 immediately respond to an ask for comment by Decrypt.

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

Despite Balaji's revelations, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pushed back on the New York Times' claims. Speaking at the paper's yearly DealBook Summit, Altman dismissed the claims.