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The man accused of\u00a0throwing a Molotov cocktail\u00a0at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman\u2019s home had written about AI\u2019s purported risk to humanity and traveled from Texas to San Francisco intending to kill Altman, authorities said Monday.<\/p>\n
Authorities allege 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama threw the incendiary device about 4 a.m. Friday, setting an exterior gate at Altman\u2019s home alight before fleeing on foot, police said. Less than an hour later, Moreno-Gama allegedly went to\u00a0OpenAI\u2019s\u00a0headquarters about 3 miles (4.83 kilometers) away and threatened to burn down the building.<\/p>\n
Moreno-Gama is opposed to artificial intelligence, writing about AI\u2019s purported risk to humanity and \u201cour impending extinction,\u201d according to a federal criminal complaint.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was not spontaneous. This was planned, targeted and extremely serious,\u201d said FBI San Francisco Acting Special Agent in Charge Matt Cobo during a press conference.<\/p>\n
No one was injured at Altman\u2019s home or the company offices, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Moreno-Gama faces state and federal charges<\/p>\n
Moreno-Gama faces charges including two counts of attempted murder and attempted arson in California state court, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. He tried to kill both Altman and a security guard at Altman\u2019s residence, she alleged. He is set to appear in court Tuesday, and online state court records do not yet show if he has an attorney.<\/p>\n
Jenkins said the state charges carry penalties ranging from 19 years to life in prison.<\/p>\n
On Monday morning, FBI agents went to Moreno-Gama\u2019s home in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston, where they spent several hours before leaving. He has been charged by federal prosecutors with possession of an unregistered firearm and damage and destruction of property by means of explosives. Those charges carry respective penalties of up to 10 years and 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n
The federal court documents do not list an attorney for Moreno-Gama, and he has not yet had his first appearance in federal court.<\/p>\n
Authorities allege Moreno-Gama traveled from his home in Texas to San Francisco and visited Altman\u2019s home early Friday morning.<\/p>\n
Authorities say Moreno-Gama was opposed to artificial intelligence<\/p>\n
When Moreno-Gama was arrested Friday, officials found a document on him in which he \u201cidentified views opposed to\u00a0Artificial Intelligence\u00a0(AI) and the executives of various AI companies,\u201d court documents say. The document discussed AI\u2019s purported risk to humanity and \u201cour impending extinction,\u201d according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n
Surveillance video images included in the criminal complaint show a person dressed in a dark hoodie and pants that the FBI alleges is Moreno-Gama approaching the driveway of Altman\u2019s home. In various images, the person can be seen tossing the Molotov cocktail, which landed at the top of a metal gate and started a small fire.<\/p>\n
Surveillance video images from outside OpenAI\u2019s headquarters allegedly show Moreno-Gama grabbing a chair and using it to hit a set of glass doors. Authorities said Moreno-Gama was approached by the building\u2019s security personnel, who told investigators he \u201cstated in sum and substance\u201d that he came to the headquarters \u201cto burn it down and kill anyone inside,\u201d according to the complaint.<\/p>\n
San Francisco police arrested Moreno-Gama and recovered \u201cincendiary devices, a jug of kerosene, a blue lighter, and a document.\u201d Moreno-Gama was being held Monday in the San Francisco County Jail on the state charges, and was expected to appear in court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian said authorities \u201cwill treat this as an act of domestic terrorism, and together with our partners, prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
Authorities say Moreno-Gama\u2019s anti-AI document contained threats against Altman<\/p>\n
The document in which Moreno-Gama discussed his opposition to AI also made threats against Altman, officials said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso if I am going to advocate for others to kill and commit crimes, then I must lead by example and show that I am fully sincere in my message,\u201d Moreno-Gama is alleged by authorities to have written in the document.<\/p>\n
Advocacy groups that have issued grave warnings about AI\u2019s risks to society condemned the violence.<\/p>\n
Anthony Aguirre, president and CEO of the Future of Life Institute, said in a written statement Friday that \u201cviolence and intimidation of any kind have no place in the conversation about the future of AI.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another group, PauseAI, said in a statement that the suspect had no role in the group but joined its forum on the social media platform Discord about two years ago and posted about 34 messages there, none containing explicit calls to violence but one that was flagged as \u201cambiguous.\u201d<\/p>\n
Discord said Monday that it has banned Moreno-Gama for \u201coff-platform behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n
Altman addressed the threats in a blog post<\/p>\n
Hours after the attack on his house, Altman posted a photo of his husband and their toddler in a blog post addressing the threats against him.<\/p>\n
\u201cNormally 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,\u201d Altman wrote.<\/p>\n
He added that \u201cfear and anxiety about AI is justified\u201d but it was important to \u201cde-escalate the rhetoric and tactics and try to have fewer explosions in fewer homes, figuratively and literally.\u201d<\/p>\n
Altman has become a preeminent voice in Silicon Valley on the promise and potential dangers of artificial intelligence. The attack comes days after The New Yorker published an\u00a0in-depth investigation\u00a0that touched on concerns some people have about him and the company.<\/p>\n
Debate about the impact of AI is growing<\/p>\n
The attack came at a time of growing debate about the societal effects of AI assistants like OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT that millions of people are turning to for information, advice, writing help and to do work on their behalf.<\/p>\n
An annual report published Monday by Stanford University called the AI index found that most people believe AI\u2019s benefits outweigh its drawbacks, \u201cbut nervousness is growing and trust in institutions to manage the technology remains uneven.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Lozano reported from Houston and Oyekanmi reported from Spring, Texas. Associated Press journalists Matt O\u2019Brien from Providence, Rhode Island and Rebecca Boone from Boise, Idaho contributed.<\/p>\n
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