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

The family of Suchir Balaji state he was murdered and didn't eliminate himself. Now they have actually 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 genuine reason for his death was not suicide, but murder.

The claim, filed in January, declares that the SFPD covered the criminal offense, ruling it a suicide without carrying out a thorough investigation.

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

"The claim demands that the city, authorities department, and medical examiner release public files withheld under the Public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, attorney for the petitioners, asteroidsathome.net told Decrypt. He said that if the documents weren't offered 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 breached the California Public Records Act by unlawfully keeping public records of the case. Attorneys for Ramarao and Ramamurthy also argued that the examination into their kid's death was hurried and inadequate, with officials ignoring crucial forensic findings and failing to address their ask for further query.

The claim demands the immediate disclosure of all reports, photos, wiki.tld-wars.space and videos, together with protection of legal costs.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not translate and enforce the law properly, we will look for option 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 public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had assisted OpenAI gather and wikitravel.org use "enormous amounts" of data drawn from the internet without consent.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's household worked with forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to carry out a private autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen figured out that there was a single gunshot wound in the mid-forehead, a little to the right of the bridge of his nose.

Dr. Cohen said that the bullet trajectory was uncommon for a suicide, as it took a trip downward at a small left-to-right angle, totally missing the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the match. Dr. Cohen determined a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, which he said raised further concerns about the circumstances of his death.

The San Francisco Police Department did not immediately react to a demand 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.