The family of Suchir Balaji state he was murdered and wiki.vst.hs-furtwangen.de didn't kill himself. Now they've taken legal action against San Francisco and its police department.

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The moms and dads 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 genuine reason for his death was not suicide, however murder.

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

Balaji, who had actually worked as a researcher at OpenAI, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment or condo last November. Attorneys say Balaji's parents, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, morphomics.science asked for even more examination into his death but were told the case was currently closed.

"The claim demands that the city, cops department, and medical inspector release public files withheld under the Public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, lawyer for the petitioners, told Decrypt. He said that if the documents weren't supplied within 10 days, and "no valid exceptions use, a claim can oblige their release. We will seek a court order to obtain them."

The claim claims that SFPD broke 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 overlooking crucial forensic findings and failing to resolve their ask for further questions.

The claim demands the instant disclosure of all reports, photos, and videos, in addition to coverage of legal expenses.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not analyze and enforce the law properly, we will seek recourse 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 public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had actually assisted OpenAI gather and utilize "huge amounts" of information drawn from the web without authorization.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's family worked with 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, 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 small left-to-right angle, totally missing the brain before in the brainstem, according to the suit. Dr. Cohen recognized a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, which he said raised further concerns about the scenarios of his death.

The San Francisco Police Department did not instantly respond to a request for remark by Decrypt.

The claim called out the scenarios of Bilaji's death. His body was discovered a week after The New York Times discussed the whistleblower in a court filing related 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.