Police have arrested a 20-year-old suspect in connection with an alleged Molotov cocktail attack on OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) CEO Sam Altman’s San Francisco home on Friday morning, according to a statement by the San Francisco Police Department posted on X. The individual allegedly also made threats against OpenAI’s headquarters.
The suspect reportedly threw the device at Altman’s home, setting fire to an exterior gate, before fleeing on foot. The same person was then spotted near 3rd Street, threatening to burn down a building later that morning. No one was injured in either incident.
Police haven’t released any additional details about the suspect or the motive behind the alleged attack.
Altman has quickly become the face of the global AI explosion, with OpenAI’s ChatGPT the fastest-growing app in history.
And while consumers and enterprises continue to sign up and use AI software, there’s also been backlash against the technology over fear of job losses and the environmental impact of the massive data centers that power the services.
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