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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Olga R. Rodrguez,Juan Lozano and Lekan Oyekanmi

Man who wanted to kill Sam Altman ‘motivated by fears of AI for humanity,’ police say

Surveillance video showed a suspect tossing the Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home - (Getty Images)

The man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home had written about AI's purported risk to humanity and traveled from Texas to San Francisco intending to kill Altman, authorities said Monday.

Authorities allege 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama threw the incendiary device about 4 am Friday, setting an exterior gate at Altman’s home alight before fleeing on foot, police said. Less than an hour later, Moreno-Gama allegedly went to OpenAI’s headquarters about 3 miles (4.83 kilometers) away and threatened to burn down the building.

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