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The family of Suchir Balaji say he was killed and didn't kill himself. Now they've taken legal action against San Francisco and its authorities department.

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The moms and akropolistravel.com dads of deceased OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji have actually taken legal action against the city of San Francisco and the San Francisco Police Department, alleging that the genuine cause of his death was not suicide, however murder.

The claim, filed in January, declares that the SFPD concealed the criminal activity, ruling it a suicide without conducting a comprehensive examination.

Balaji, who had actually worked as a scientist at OpenAI, was discovered dead in his San Francisco apartment or condo last November. Attorneys state Balaji's parents, Poornima Ramarao and wavedream.wiki Balaji Ramamurthy, requested even more investigation into his death but were informed the case was currently closed.

"The claim demands that the city, authorities department, and medical inspector release public documents kept under the Public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, lawyer for the petitioners, told Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't supplied within 10 days, and "no legitimate exceptions apply, a claim can oblige 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 Ramarao and Ramamurthy also argued that the investigation into their boy's death was rushed and forum.batman.gainedge.org inadequate, wiki.myamens.com with authorities overlooking essential forensic findings and failing to resolve their demands for more inquiry.

The claim requires the instant disclosure of all reports, photos, setiathome.berkeley.edu and videos, in addition to protection of legal costs.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not interpret and enforce the law properly, 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 general public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had helped OpenAI gather and "enormous quantities" of information drawn from the web without consent.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's family worked with forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to perform a personal autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen figured out that there was a single gunshot wound in the mid-forehead, wiki.eqoarevival.com somewhat 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 slight left-to-right angle, bytes-the-dust.com entirely missing 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 concerns about the circumstances 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 discovered a week after The New York Times pointed out the whistleblower in a court filing related to its claim against OpenAI.

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