1 Parents Of Dead OpenAI Whistleblower Sue San Francisco, Alleging Murder Cover-Up
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The household of Suchir Balaji state he was killed and 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 real reason for disgaeawiki.info his death was not suicide, but murder.

The claim, akropolistravel.com submitted in January, alleges that the SFPD concealed the criminal activity, ruling it a suicide without carrying out an extensive investigation.

Balaji, who had worked as a scientist at OpenAI, was discovered dead in his San Francisco apartment last November. Attorneys state Balaji's moms and dads, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, requested further examination into his death however were told the case was currently closed.

"The claim demands that the city, authorities department, and medical inspector release public files withheld under the general 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 legitimate exceptions apply, a claim can force their release. We will seek a court order to obtain them."

The claim claims that SFPD breached 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 child's death was hurried and insufficient, library.kemu.ac.ke with officials overlooking crucial forensic findings and to address their requests for more questions.

The claim requires the immediate disclosure of all reports, asteroidsathome.net pictures, and videos, utahsyardsale.com in addition to coverage of legal costs.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not analyze and impose the law properly, we will seek 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 Times in October, he said that before the public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had actually helped OpenAI gather and utilize "massive amounts" of data taken from the internet without consent.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's family hired forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to perform a private autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen identified 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 uncommon for a suicide, as it traveled downward at a small left-to-right angle, completely missing out on the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the fit. Dr. Cohen determined a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, which he said raised further concerns about the situations of his death.

The San Francisco Police Department did not right away respond to an ask for comment by Decrypt.

The claim called out the scenarios of Bilaji's death. His body was discovered a week after The New York 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 newspaper's annual DealBook Summit, Altman dismissed the claims.