A person allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman’s home

A 20-year-old man was arrested by the San Francisco Police Division after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home, The New York Times reports.

In a statement shared on X, SFPD wrote that it responded to a request for a hearth investigation within the North Seashore neighborhood of San Francisco round 7:12 AM ET / 4:12AM PT. “On the scene, officers discovered that an unknown male topic threw an incendiary damaging gadget at a house, inflicting a hearth at an exterior gate.” After the person fled on foot, police discovered and arrested him round an hour later whereas responding to a enterprise’ grievance about an “unknown male topic threatening to burn down the constructing.” That enterprise turned out to be OpenAI’s headquarters and the topic occurred to be the identical man who threw the Molotov at Altman’s home.

“Early this morning, somebody threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman’s house and likewise made threats at our San Francisco headquarters. Fortunately, nobody was harm,” an OpenAI spokesperson confirmed in a statement to Wired. “We deeply respect how shortly SFPD responded and the help from town in serving to preserve our workers protected. The person is in custody, and we’re helping legislation enforcement with their investigation.”

Because it’s turn out to be extra commonplace, synthetic intelligence has additionally turn out to be extra divisive. Whereas more and more people proceed to make use of AI instruments, public response to the encroachment of the know-how, whether or not in gaming or customer service, is more and more destructive. Altman’s warnings of AI’s impact on employment, and a recent New Yorker investigation digging into his allegedly manipulative management type at OpenAI, have additionally raised questions concerning the CEO’s outstanding function as a steward of the know-how.