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 an announcement shared on X, SFPD wrote that it responded to a request for a fireplace investigation within the North Seaside neighborhood of San Francisco round 7:12 AM ET / 4:12AM PT. "On the scene, officers realized that an unknown male topic threw an incendiary harmful system at a house, inflicting a fireplace 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.
View our newest assertion relating to an incident that occurred early this morning at a North Seaside residence. Officers have made an arrest, and no accidents have been reported on account of this incident. pic.twitter.com/t4DsF31uxh
— San Francisco Police (@SFPD) April 10, 2026
"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 staff secure. The person is in custody, and we’re aiding regulation enforcement with their investigation."
Because it's turn into extra commonplace, synthetic intelligence has additionally turn into extra divisive. Whereas increasingly more 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 impression on employment, and a recent New Yorker investigation digging into his allegedly manipulative management fashion at OpenAI, have additionally raised questions in regards to the CEO's outstanding position as a steward of the expertise.
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