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The household of Suchir Balaji say he was murdered and didn't eliminate himself. Now they've taken legal action against San Francisco and its cops 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, declaring that the real reason for his death was not suicide, but murder.

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

Balaji, who had worked as a scientist at OpenAI, was discovered dead in his San Francisco home last November. Attorneys state Balaji's parents, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, asked for even more into his death but were informed the case was already closed.

"The claim demands that the city, cops department, and medical examiner release public documents withheld under the Public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, attorney for the petitioners, forum.pinoo.com.tr told Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't offered within 10 days, and "no legitimate exceptions use, a claim can compel their release. We will look for 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 oke.zone Ramarao and Ramamurthy also argued that the investigation into their boy's death was rushed and insufficient, with authorities ignoring crucial forensic findings and failing to resolve their requests for further query.

The claim requires the immediate disclosure of all reports, pictures, and videos, together with coverage of legal costs.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not interpret and enforce 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, he said that before the general public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had actually assisted OpenAI collect and utilize "enormous amounts" of data drawn from the web without consent.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's household hired forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to carry out a personal autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen determined that there was a single gunshot injury 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 traveled downward at a small left-to-right angle, completely missing out on the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the suit. Dr. Cohen recognized a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, which he said raised even more questions about the circumstances of his death.

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

The claim called out the circumstances of Bilaji's death. His body was discovered 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 city Times' claims. Speaking at the paper's annual DealBook Summit, king-wifi.win Altman dismissed the claims.