Poornima Rao, the mother of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, has shared a picture from the day of his death. She alleged ‘murder conspiracy over long-term planning and watching Balaji’. This is contrary to the autopsy report which claimed death by suicide and ruled out any foul play
Suchir Balaji in Hawaii in 2018. AP/File Photo Follow us on Google News Subscribe Join Us
The mother of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji, who was found dead in his San Francisco apartment in November last year, has shared a picture from the day of his death.
She alleged “murder conspiracy over long-term planning and watching Balaji."
This is contrary to the autopsy report, which was made public earlier in February, which claimed death by suicide and ruled out any foul play.
Balaji’s parents had then flagged a number of discrepancies and expressed their disagreement with the report while still conducting their own investigation.
Shortly before his death, the 26-year-old raised ethical questions over OpenAI’s operations after quitting the massive artificial intelligence company. What did Balaji’s mother say?
Poornima Rao posted the image on X on Wednesday, claiming it was taken from the residential building’s liaison office via CCTV.
Suchir Balaji is seen in the photo holding a brown paper bag, which she said was his dinner, while he waits for a lift.Rao stated that even after viewing this video, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) labelled her son as depressed and concluded that his death was a suicide. She added, “Another cover by OCME: they stated to our attorney that GHB is endogenous three days after death. But we found that level of endogenous GHB is less than 5000ng/L. A line in autopsy report says that toxicology report will include GHB only if it is more than 50000ng/L. Combined with alcohol this is a sedative. With this combination he will be losing muscle control or possibly unconscious. We are waiting for toxicologist to give a written report.” Suchir’s picture on the day of his death at 7.30 pm , getting dinner. This is from CCTV footage.OCME saw this video and still concluded he was […]
OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji’s mother believes he was murdered. Here’s why
