The household of Suchir Balaji state he was murdered and didn't kill himself. Now they've taken legal action against San Francisco and its cops department.
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The parents of departed OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji have taken legal action against the city of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Department, alleging that the real cause of his death was not suicide, but murder.
The claim, filed in January, alleges that the SFPD concealed the criminal offense, ruling it a suicide without carrying out a comprehensive examination.
Balaji, who had actually worked as a researcher at OpenAI, was found dead in his San Francisco house last November. Attorneys state Balaji's parents, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, asked for further examination into his death however were told the case was already closed.
"The claim demands that the city, authorities department, and medical inspector release public files withheld under the general public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, lawyer for the petitioners, told Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't provided within 10 days, and "no valid exceptions use, a claim can compel 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 fakenews.win Ramarao and Ramamurthy likewise argued that the investigation into their son's death was hurried 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, photos, and videos, together with coverage of legal costs.
Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not translate and enforce the law correctly, we will look for 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 city Times in October, he said that before the public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had assisted OpenAI gather and utilize "enormous quantities" of information drawn from the internet without consent.
According to the claim, in December, Balaji's household hired forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to perform a personal 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 at a minor left-to-right angle, entirely missing the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the fit. Dr. Cohen recognized a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, which he said raised further questions about the scenarios of his death.
The San Francisco Police Department did not immediately react to an ask 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 mentioned 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 Times' claims. Speaking at the paper'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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