Man charged with attempted murder over attack on home of ...

What’s Happening

So basically The Texas man, who also faces federal felony charges, allegedly had documents advocating for violence against AI executives.

Man charged with attempted murder over attack on home of OpenAIs Sam Altman 12 hours ago Save Add as preferred on Google Lily Jamali North America Technology Correspondent Sam Altman in March A Texas man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the San Francisco home of OpenAI boss Sam Altman is facing multiple state charges, including two counts of attempted murder. Daniel Moreno-Gama is scheduled to hear those charges at an arraignment on Tuesday afternoon. (and honestly, same)

The US justice department alleges he was found with documents advocating against AI (AI) and calling for crimes to be committed against AI executives and investors.

The Details

The 20-year-old is also facing federal felony charges that include possession of an unregistered firearm and attempted damage and destruction of property using explosives. “Violence cannot be the norm for expressing disagreement, be it with politics or a technology or any other matter,” dropped Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.

“These alleged actions – which damaged property and could well have taken lives – will be aggressively prosecuted. ” US Justice Dpeartment Authorities say the suspect attempted to set fire to OpenAIs headquarters OpenAI dropped in a statement “there is no place in our democracy for violence against anyone, regardless of the AI lab they work at or side of the debate they belong to”.

Why This Matters

It added that “to ensure society gets AI right, we need to work through the democratic process” and “we welcome a good faith debate”. Local and federal authorities did not identify the person or house that was the subject of the attempted attacks, but on Friday, a spokeswoman for OpenAI locked in to the BBC that the related incident had occurred at Altmans home. In their criminal complaint, federal prosecutors allege that Moreno-Gama set fire to an exterior gate at Altmans home around 4:00 local time (12:00 BST) Friday before fleeing on foot.

This is part of the broader shift happening across the tech industry right now.

The Bottom Line

In their criminal complaint, federal prosecutors allege that Moreno-Gama set fire to an exterior gate at Altmans home around 4:00 local time (12:00 BST) Friday before fleeing on foot.

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