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

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The moms and 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 reason for his death was not suicide, however murder.

The claim, filed in January, declares that the SFPD covered up the crime, ruling it a suicide without conducting a comprehensive examination.

Balaji, who had actually worked as a scientist at OpenAI, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment last November. Attorneys state Balaji's parents, Poornima Ramarao and morphomics.science Balaji Ramamurthy, asked for visualchemy.gallery further examination into his death however were told the case was already closed.

"The claim requires that the city, police department, and medical examiner release public documents kept under the general public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, setiathome.berkeley.edu lawyer for the petitioners, told Decrypt. He said that if the files weren't offered 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 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 boy's death was rushed and insufficient, with authorities ignoring key forensic findings and failing to address their requests for additional questions.

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

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not interpret and impose the law properly, we will seek 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 Times in October, he said that before the public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had actually assisted OpenAI collect and use "huge quantities" of information taken from the internet without permission.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's family hired forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to carry out a personal autopsy. In his report, Dr. Cohen figured out that there was a single gunshot wound in the mid-forehead, 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 small left-to-right angle, completely 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, which he said raised further concerns about the situations of his death.

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

The claim called out the situations of Bilaji's death. His body was discovered a week after The New york city Times mentioned the whistleblower in a court filing associated to its claim against OpenAI.

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