The household of Suchir Balaji state 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 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 cause of his death was not suicide, but murder.
The claim, submitted in January, alleges that the SFPD concealed the criminal offense, 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 parents, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, asked for further examination into his death but were told the case was already closed.
"The claim requires that the city, authorities department, and medical examiner release public documents kept under the general public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, lawyer for disgaeawiki.info the petitioners, informed Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't provided within 10 days, and "no legitimate exceptions apply, a claim can compel 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 child's death was rushed and inadequate, clashofcryptos.trade with officials neglecting essential forensic findings and failing to resolve their demands for additional inquiry.
The claim requires the immediate disclosure of all reports, images, addsub.wiki and videos, along with coverage of legal costs.
Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not translate and impose the law properly, we will seek 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, utahsyardsale.com he said that before the public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had helped OpenAI collect and use "enormous quantities" of information drawn from the internet without permission.
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 out 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, 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 match. Dr. Cohen recognized 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 instantly react to an ask for comment 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 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 newspaper's annual DealBook Summit, Altman dismissed the claims.
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Parents Of Dead OpenAI Whistleblower Sue San Francisco, Alleging Murder Cover-Up
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