San Francisco, January 1
The parents of Indian-American techie Suchir Balaji, who was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on December 14, have rejected the official ruling that his death was a suicide. It is said that his son was killed. Suchir, a former employee of OpenAI, made headlines for his whistleblowing revelations about the ethical concerns associated with generative AI.
In an interview with a private news channel, her parents claimed that the second post-mortem report showed ‘signs of a struggle’, including head injuries and trauma, leading to the medical examiner’s office ruling the death a suicide. Reverses the decision to grant.
Poornima Ramarao, Suchir’s mother, has expressed disbelief over the suicide decision and said that Suchir’s suicide note was not even found, which confirms her suspicion. “We have the second post-mortem evidence – head injury and signs of struggle,” he said. It’s not suicide, it’s murder.”
His father, Balaji Ramamurthi, said on December 22 that Suchir had returned from a trip to Los Angeles very happy and in full spirits. When asked if Suchir did any other job, his mother said, “No, he didn’t. They (OpenAI) might have threatened him. They did not allow him to work elsewhere. He also consulted a copyright lawyer and discovered that he was not doing anything wrong and that they were pressuring him. Because of this he gave an interview to the New York Times and as a result he died.”
The father said, “He was working in the core group of ChatGPT; He was in a way the creator of a whole thing. He had a lot of information about chatgpt. He had certain restrictions not to work in other AI companies.”
The parents want an FBI investigation into the matter to find out the truth. Purnima has also appealed to the Government of India for support in this regard. He also welcomed the support of Elon Musk but said that he did not reach out to Musk. – IANS
