The household of Suchir Balaji state he was murdered and didn't eliminate himself. Now they've taken legal action against San Francisco and its cops department.
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The parents of deceased OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji have 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, submitted in January, alleges that the SFPD covered up the criminal offense, ruling it a suicide without conducting a thorough investigation.
Balaji, who had actually worked as a researcher 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 even more examination into his death but were informed the case was currently closed.
"The claim demands that the city, cops department, and medical inspector release public files withheld under the general public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, forum.altaycoins.com lawyer for the petitioners, told Decrypt. He said that if the documents weren't provided within 10 days, yewiki.org and "no legitimate exceptions apply, a claim can compel 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 keeping public records of the case. Attorneys for Ramarao and Ramamurthy likewise argued that the examination into their kid's death was hurried and insufficient, wiki.lafabriquedelalogistique.fr with officials ignoring key forensic findings and failing to address their demands for more query.
The claim requires the immediate disclosure of all reports, wiki.snooze-hotelsoftware.de images, and videos, valetinowiki.racing along with coverage of legal expenses.
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 Times in October, he said that before the general public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had helped OpenAI collect and utilize "enormous quantities" of information drawn from the without authorization.
According to the claim, in December, Balaji's family hired forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to perform 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 took a trip downward at a small left-to-right angle, totally missing out on the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the fit. Dr. Cohen recognized a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, larsaluarna.se which he said raised even more questions about the scenarios of his death.
The San Francisco Police Department did not right away react to a request for remark by Decrypt.
The claim called out the scenarios 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 revelations, 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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