Police have arrested a suspect who allegedly through a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s house. The incident allegedly occurred early Friday morning. The 20-year old burned an exterior gate of the house in San Francisco with the Molotov, the police said. It was unclear whether the artificial intelligence executive was home at the time of the incident.
The device burned an exterior gate of Mr. Altman’s home before dawn, the San Francisco Police Department added in a statement. The suspect then fled on foot but was found about an hour later, just after 5 a.m., threatening to burn down the OpenAI headquarters. Charges are still pending for the suspect, and no one was hurt.
OpenAI leadership sent a message to staff about the incident. The note reads: “At approximately 3:45am PT, an unidentified individual approached Sam’s residence and threw an incendiary device toward the property. The device landed nearby and extinguished. There were no injuries and only minimal damage was reported.”
Last year, a similar threat was posed against Sam Altman and the company. OpenAI locked down its San Francisco office after the company reported a threat from a person once affiliated with an anti-AI activist group.