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The parents of a young California tech whistleblower, who was determined to have committed suicide in his 2024 death, are currently suing the city and county of San Francisco.
Sutir Balaji, 26, was an employee of Openai, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGpt, at the time of his death on November 26, 2024. A San Francisco County medical inspector concluded the next day that he had died from a gunshot wound that was injured inside his apartment.
“More than two months after his son passed away, the petitioner and their lawyers were hampered at every turn as they wanted more information about the causes and circumstances of Sungir's tragic death. The end of obstruction,” the lawsuit states.
Jen Kwart, a spokesman for the San Francisco Lawyer's Office, told Fox News Digital that they would consider the complaints and respond accordingly once their offices are provided.
“Baraji's death is a tragedy and our hearts come to his family,” Kwart said.
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Sutir Balaji, 26, was an employee of Openai, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGpt, at the time of his death on November 26, 2024. (LinkedIn/Suchir Balaji)
“It's been a real nightmare for them over the past three months,” Kevin Rooney, one of the family's lawyers, told Fox News Digital.
“We really feel that there is a lot known to us that suggest that it is contradictory to suicide… I say that his death is the result of murder.”
A few days before he passed away, Balaji was “bright and happy” during a trip to Catalina Island with a friend for his 26th birthday, the complaint filed on January 31 says.
The lawsuit describes Balaji as “a child genius of particular interest and coding talent.” He attended the University of California, Berkeley and was employed after graduating as an AI researcher at Openai.
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“In that position, he is crucial to Openai's efforts to collect and organize data from the Internet used to train the company's current ubiquitous online chatbot, the GPT-4 used in ChatGPT. I did,” the complaint stated.
However, by August 2024, Balaji “has been disillusioned with Openai's business practices and decided to leave to pursue his own projects.” In October, he said, “Former Open AI Researcher was the company It was featured in an article in the New York Times entitled “They say they broke copyright laws.”
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In October, Sungir Balaji was featured in an article in The New York Times. “Former Open AI researcher says the company has violated copyright laws.” (Facebook)
Balaji said, “Openai violates US copyright law because ChatGpt trains with copyrighted products from business competitors, and can mimic and replace those products. He claimed that it was.
In a statement on January 16th, Openai described Balaji as a “valuable member” of the company's team, and said the employee was “still grieving after his death.”
Balaji's parents, Polnima Ramarao and Bajami Ramamouchy, allege that requests for further information regarding the death of their son were unfairly denied under California's public records laws. They further alleged in the lawsuit that investigators were not seriously concerned about Balaji's whistleblower status.
Rooney said there is a good reason why investigators do not release certain information about criminal cases to the public.
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Bahari's parents, Polnima Ramaro and Bajami Ramamouchy, allege that requests for more information regarding the death of their son were unfairly denied under the California Public Records Act. (Facebook)
“But you should at least communicate with them and let them know in the general public what is being done to investigate the incident,” Rooney said. “And they concluded that Sunitir died of suicide and the investigation is closed, so if that's not done here, we have the rights under the law. [to view police records].
“When Ramarao informed the representative that his son was a whistleblower against the Open and that he had featured in the New York Times regarding his whistleblower allegations, the representative said he would follow up with additional information or seek additional information. “The lawsuit allegedly refused.
“instead, [medical examiner’s office] The representative handed over Mr. Ramarao Ossiel's apartment key and told her that he could get his son back on the next day. The representative also told Mr Ramarao that she should not be allowed to see such a body, and that his face was destroyed when the bullet passed through his eyes. ”
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Dr. Joseph Cohen, a forensic pathologist hired by Balaji's parents, performed a private autopsy and noted that Balaji's bullet wounds were “atypical and unusual for suicide.” According to the complaints, the 26-year-old also suffered contempt in the back of his head.
Cohen also noted that “the bullet's trajectory is a slightly left-right angle downward” and that the bullet completely missed the brain before it was able to stay in the stalks of the brain.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Openai for comment.
