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

The family of Suchir Balaji state he was killed and surgiteams.com didn't kill himself. Now they have actually taken legal action against San Francisco and its cops department.

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The moms and dads 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 genuine cause of his death was not suicide, but murder.

The claim, filed in January, declares that the SFPD covered the crime, ruling it a suicide without conducting a comprehensive investigation.

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

"The claim demands that the city, police department, and medical examiner release public documents kept under the Public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, attorney for the petitioners, told Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't supplied within 10 days, and "no valid exceptions use, 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 withholding public records of the case. Attorneys for Ramarao and Ramamurthy also argued that the investigation into their boy's death was rushed and inadequate, with authorities disregarding essential forensic findings and failing to address their demands for more inquiry.

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

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not analyze and enforce the law properly, we will look for 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 city Times in October, he said that before the public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had helped OpenAI gather and utilize "huge quantities" of data drawn from the web without authorization.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's family employed forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to carry out a private autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen identified 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 traveled downward at a slight left-to-right angle, totally 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 concerns about the circumstances 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 situations of Bilaji's death. His body was found a week after The New York Times mentioned the whistleblower in a court filing related to its claim against OpenAI.

Despite Balaji's discoveries, Sam Altman pushed back on the New York Times' claims. Speaking at the newspaper's yearly DealBook Summit, Altman dismissed the claims.