San Francisco police have arrested a suspect after an alleged firebomb attack on the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
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- Police arrested a 20-year-old man after a firebomb attack on Sam Altman’s home in San Francisco on Friday.
- OpenAI said no one was hurt after the property’s exterior gate caught fire.
- Altman later addressed the attack and allegations from The New Yorker in a Sunday post.
The case received wider attention after police said the same person later moved towards OpenAI’s headquarters and made threats.
San Francisco Police Department He said An unidentified man threw a Molotov cocktail at a North Beach home on Friday. Police said that the device caused a fire at the outside gate of the property.
Officers said the suspect fled on foot after the attack. Police later found and arrested a 20-year-old near OpenAI’s headquarters after reports of threats to damage the building.
Spokesperson OpenAI He told CNBC that no one was injured in the accident. The company said it is working with police while the investigation continues.
Police said the suspect threatened to burn down the building. The authorities have not yet revealed the charges, and investigators have not revealed further details about the motive or evidence.
The attack came during a period of renewed public scrutiny Altman and OpenAI. Earlier this month, The New Yorker published a report that questioned Altman’s handling of safety issues and driving disputes.
Altman later Directed Both the attack and the report are in a blog post.
“Normally we try to be somewhat discreet, but in this case I’m sharing a photo in hopes it will discourage the next person from throwing a Molotov cocktail at our house,” he wrote.
The blog post addresses past conflicts
Altman also responded to criticisms raised in the New Yorker report. He said the article was “inflammatory” and said he underestimated “the power of narrative.”
He also acknowledged OpenAI’s past mistakes. “I have made many other mistakes along the crazy course of OpenAI,” Altman wrote, and said he was sorry to the people he had hurt.
