The San Francisco police have concluded that OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji died of suicide. They released the autopsy report on Friday (February 15) stating as much.
Suchir Balaji (26) was found dead at his apartment in November 2024. His family alleged that he was murdered and accused the police of conducting a flawed investigation.
SFPD findings
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), going by the autopsy report, concluded the investigation by saying that Suchir Balaji died due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside his apartment on November 26, 2024, on Buchanan Street.
The SFPD made a note that Balaji’s front door’s deadbolt was engaged and the fourth-floor apartment was not accessible in any other way. The windows to the shared courtyard were high up and could only be opened by 4 inches.
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The letter accompanying the autopsy report read, “Based on the information SFPD reviewed, there is insufficient evidence to find [that] Mr. Balaji’s death was the result of a homicide.”
Case background
Suchir Balaji revealed in a newspaper report on October 23, 2024, that he was one of the researchers who worked on gathering data to train OpenAI’s programs. He was employed by OpenAI from November 2020 to August 2024.
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