The household of Suchir Balaji state he was killed and didn't eliminate himself. Now they have actually taken legal action against San Francisco and its police department.

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The moms and linked.aub.edu.lb dads 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 real cause of his death was not suicide, however murder.

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

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

"The claim demands that the city, police department, and medical examiner release public documents withheld under the general public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, lawyer for the petitioners, informed Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't provided within 10 days, and "no valid exceptions use, a claim can force their release. We will seek 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 rushed and insufficient, with officials ignoring key forensic findings and failing to address their ask for further query.

The claim requires the immediate disclosure of all reports, images, and videos, along with protection of legal costs.

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not analyze and impose the law correctly, we will look for option 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, he said that before the public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had helped OpenAI gather and utilize "massive amounts" of information drawn from the web without authorization.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's household worked with forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to perform a private autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen determined 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 unusual for a suicide, as it traveled downward at a minor left-to-right angle, completely missing out on the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the match. Dr. Cohen recognized a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, which he said raised even more questions about the circumstances of his death.

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

The claim called out the circumstances of Bilaji's death. His body was discovered a week after The New york city Times pointed out the whistleblower in a court filing associated 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.