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The luxury home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was hit by a Molotov cocktail (Anna Moneymaker) \u00b7 Anna Moneymaker\/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA\/Getty Images via AFP <\/p>\n The luxury home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was hit by a Molotov cocktail (Anna Moneymaker) \u00b7 Anna Moneymaker\/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA\/Getty Images via AFP <\/p>\n
A man who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman’s luxury California home was trying to kill the boss of artificial intelligence giant OpenAI and in possession of an anti-AI document, US officials said Monday.<\/p>\n
The claims came as prosecutors levied federal charges against Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, over the attack on Friday in San Francisco.<\/p>\n
The Department of Justice said Moreno-Gama\u00a0had travelled from his home in Texas to carry out the attack on Altman, whose company is behind the popular ChatGPT chatbot.<\/p>\n
“Violence cannot be the norm for expressing disagreement, be it with politics or a technology or any other matter,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.<\/p>\n
“These alleged actions -\u2013 which damaged property and could well have taken lives -\u2013 will be aggressively prosecuted.”<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say that after lobbing a firebomb at the gates of Altman’s home, Moreno-Gama fled on foot to the San Francisco headquarters of OpenAI, where he tried to smash the glass doors of the building with a chair.<\/p>\n
He “stated\u00a0that he had come to burn down the location and kill anyone inside,” prosecutors said in the federal criminal complaint.<\/p>\n
According to the complaint, when police arrived, they found Moreno-Gama with a jug of kerosene, a lighter and a document entitled “Your Last Warning” which “advocated against AI and for the killing and commission of other crimes against CEOs of AI companies and their investors.”<\/p>\n
The three-part document was allegedly authored by Moreno-Gama, and listed “names and addresses\u00a0that purported to belong to multiple\u00a0CEOs and investors.”<\/p>\n
Another part of the publication dealt with the “purported risk AI poses to humanity,” according to the compaint.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say he ended the document, which included an admission he was trying to kill Altman, with the phrase: “If by some miracle you live, then I would take this as a sign from the divine to redeem yourself.”<\/p>\n
Moreno-Gama faces one charge of damage and destruction of property\u00a0by means of\u00a0explosives, and one of possession of an unregistered firearm.<\/p>\n
It is the latest high-profile attack in the US allegedly involving a call to arms against executives or influential figures.<\/p>\n
– Anti-AI protests –<\/p>\n
No one was injured in the home and office attacks, which came as Altman’s profile has risen with the increasing use of AI and ethical concerns surrounding its use.<\/p>\n
The CEO and his firm have become targets for people protesting the technology as a threat to society.<\/p>\n
Detractors have been particularly troubled by OpenAI’s decision to provide its know-how to the US Department of Defense.<\/p>\n
In a rare post on his personal blog in the aftermath of the attack, Altman shared a photo of his husband and their baby “in the hopes that it might dissuade the next person from throwing a Molotov cocktail at our house.”<\/p>\n
The OpenAI chief defended his convictions and called for a de-escalation of rhetoric on the topic.<\/p>\n
“I empathize with anti-technology sentiments and clearly technology isn’t always good for everyone,” Altman wrote.<\/p>\n
“But overall, I believe technological progress can make the future unbelievably good, for your family and mine.”<\/p>\n
OpenAI last month said it was valued at $852 billion after a funding round that raised $122 billion.<\/p>\n
The figure reflects the surging costs of computing power and came amid lingering questions about whether OpenAI and rival companies can generate sufficient revenue to cover expenses.<\/p>\n
ChatGPT claims the top position in consumer AI, with more than 900 million weekly active users and some 50 million subscribers.<\/p>\n
Use of ChatGPT’s online search engine has tripled over the course of a year, according to OpenAI.<\/p>\n
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