The San Francisco Police Department has reportedly changed its status. Sachir Balaji From the case being closed to an “open and active investigation,” the San Francisco Standard reported that the department declined to share a full report of the incident. The new development came as Purnima Rao, mother of the 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher, reiterated that her son could not have committed suicide and that it was a cold-blooded murder. She said her son’s apartment had been ransacked and there were signs of a struggle in the bathroom that indicated he had been beaten.
“We hired a private investigator and conducted a second post-mortem to shed light on the cause of death. The private post-mortem does not confirm the cause of death stated by the police. Sachir’s apartment was ransacked. , a sign of a struggle in the bathroom and it looks like someone hit him. It’s a cold blood that officials in the city of San Francisco have described as an FBI investigation.” Purnima Rao wrote on X.
Sachir Balaji was found dead in his apartment in San Francisco, months after OpenAI was accused of violating laws while developing ChatGPT. His death was ruled a suicide after the San Francisco Police Department found no evidence of ‘foul play’.
On October 24, before his death, Sachir Balaji expressed his doubts about the “fair use” of artificial intelligence products.
‘My son wasn’t right for OpenAI’s profits’
In a new interview with Mario Noufle, Purnima Ramarau said that Sachier was not okay with OpenAI becoming profitable, “He joined OpenAI because he believed that AI would help humanity. He was initially opposed to OpenAI. Very impressed because they were non-profits. The concern began to spread because we now learn that it was only when he went public that his concern began to arise, and he began to question himself. , as mentioned. interview, Sachir’s mother said.