OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s San Francisco home was allegedly targeted for the second time in two days – and cops have made two arrests.
A Honda car had been near Altman’s $27 million Russian Hill mansion early Sunday morning – before pulling up outside and a shot was fired from the vehicle’s passenger window, the San Francisco Standard reported.
A security guard heard the shot, and the car fled the scene, but its license plate was caught on surveillance footage, leading cops to swoop on a home.
Amanda Tom, 25, and Muhamad Tarik Hussein, 23, were arrested at the property. Cops confirmed the car belongs to Tom and three guns were seized.
“The SFPD takes crimes involving guns extremely seriously, and anyone committing acts like these will be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” police chief Derrick Lew said.
“I want to thank our officers whose swift actions identified these suspects, took them into custody, and got dangerous weapons off our streets.”
Neither Altman, nor OpenAI — the creator of ChatGPT — have commented on the alleged attack. There were no injuries.
Meanwhile, Daniel Alejandro Moreno-Gama, 20, was arrested Friday after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Altman’s home.
He has been hit with a slew of charges, including attempted murder and arson.
Moreno-Gama, from Texas, was also accused of possessing an incendiary device and possessing a destructive device, KNTV reported.
He allegedly threw the Molotov cocktail at the exterior gate of Altman’s home, which caused a fire.
He then fled the scene before heading to OpenAI offices, allegedly threatening to burn down the building, San Francisco cops said.
It has since emerged he posted a string of Substack posts, expressing fears AI would lead to the extinction of humanity between Jan. 6 and March 1, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Altman shared a picture of his software engineer hubby Oliver Mulherin, whom he married in January 2024, and their child as he responded to the attack in a lengthy Posthaven blog post.
“Images have power, I hope,” he wrote.
“Normally we try to be pretty private, but in this case I am sharing a photo in the hopes that it might dissuade the next person from throwing a Molotov cocktail at our house, no matter what they think about me.”
In the essay, he alluded to the ongoing debate within the artificial intelligence world, and called for the rhetoric to be toned down.
“While we have that debate, we should de-escalate the rhetoric and tactics and try to have fewer explosions in fewer homes, figuratively and literally,” he wrote.
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