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 Occasions stories.
In an announcement shared on X, SFPD wrote that it responded to a request for a hearth investigation within the North Seaside 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 harmful machine 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’ criticism 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 in addition made threats at our San Francisco headquarters. Fortunately, nobody was harm,” an OpenAI spokesperson confirmed in an announcement to Wired. “We deeply recognize how rapidly SFPD responded and the assist from the town in serving to maintain our workers secure. The person is in custody, and we’re aiding legislation enforcement with their investigation.”
Because it’s develop into extra commonplace, synthetic intelligence has additionally develop into extra divisive. Whereas an increasing number of individuals proceed to make use of AI instruments, public response to the encroachment of the expertise, whether or not in gaming or customer support, is more and more detrimental. Altman’s warnings of AI’s affect on employment, and a latest New Yorker investigation digging into his allegedly manipulative management model at OpenAI, have additionally raised questions in regards to the CEO’s distinguished position as a steward of the expertise.
