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The family of Suchir Balaji state he was killed and opensourcebridge.science didn't kill himself. Now they've taken legal action against San Francisco and its authorities 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, declaring that the genuine cause of his death was not suicide, however murder.

The claim, filed in January, alleges that the SFPD covered the criminal activity, ruling it a suicide without performing an extensive investigation.

Balaji, who had worked as a scientist at OpenAI, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment or condo last November. Attorneys say Balaji's parents, Poornima Ramarao and Balaji Ramamurthy, requested further investigation into his death however were informed the case was currently closed.

"The claim requires that the city, police department, and medical inspector release public files kept under the Public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, lawyer for wiki.lafabriquedelalogistique.fr the petitioners, told Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't provided within 10 days, and "no valid 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 keeping public records of the case. Attorneys for Ramarao and Ramamurthy also argued that the investigation into their boy's death was hurried and inadequate, with authorities overlooking key forensic findings and failing to resolve their demands for additional questions.

The claim demands the instant disclosure of all reports, photos, and videos, along with protection of legal costs.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not interpret and impose 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, yogaasanas.science he said that before the general public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had assisted OpenAI gather and utilize "huge quantities" of data drawn from the web without authorization.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's family worked with forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to perform a private autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen determined that there was a single gunshot injury in the mid-forehead, slightly 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, asteroidsathome.net completely missing out on the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the match. Dr. Cohen recognized a contusion on the back of head, which he said raised further concerns about the circumstances of his death.

The San Francisco Police Department did not instantly react to an ask for remark by Decrypt.

The claim called out the circumstances of Bilaji's death. His body was found a week after The New york city Times pointed out the whistleblower in a court filing related to its claim against OpenAI.

Despite Balaji's discoveries, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pressed back on the New York Times' claims. Speaking at the paper's yearly DealBook Summit, Altman dismissed the claims.