The family of Suchir Balaji say he was killed and wiki.dulovic.tech didn't eliminate himself. Now they've taken legal action against San Francisco and its cops department.

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The moms and dads of departed OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji have actually 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, but murder.

The claim, submitted in January, declares that the SFPD concealed the criminal offense, ruling it a suicide without conducting an extensive examination.

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, requested even more examination into his death but were informed the case was currently closed.

"The claim demands that the city, authorities department, and medical examiner release public documents kept under the general public Records Act," Joseph Goethals, lawyer for the petitioners, . He said that if the files weren't supplied within 10 days, and "no legitimate exceptions apply, 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 likewise argued that the examination into their boy's death was hurried and inadequate, with officials ignoring essential forensic findings and failing to address their demands for more query.

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

Said Geothals: "If the San Francisco Superior Court does not translate and impose the law correctly, we will seek recourse 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 general public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, he had helped OpenAI gather and utilize "huge quantities" of information drawn from the internet without permission.

According to the claim, in December, Balaji's household employed forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Cohen to carry out a personal 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 uncommon for a suicide, as it traveled downward at a minor left-to-right angle, entirely missing out on the brain before lodging in the brainstem, according to the suit. Dr. Cohen identified a contusion on the back of Balaji's head, which he said raised even more concerns about the scenarios of his death.

The San Francisco Police Department did not immediately react to a request for comment by Decrypt.

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

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