Man charged with attempted murder in attack on home of OpenAI's Sam Altman

Man charged with attempted murder in attack on home of OpenAI's Sam Altman6 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLily JamaliNorth America Technology CorrespondentGetty ImagesSam Altman in MarchA 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.At the same time, the 20-year-old is facing federal felony charges that include possession of an unregistered firearm and attempted damage and destruction of property using explosives.The US justice department alleges he was found with documents advocating against artificial intelligence (AI) and calling for crimes to be committed against AI executives and investors. US Justice DpeartmentAuthorities say the suspect attempted to set fire to OpenAI's headquarters"Violence cannot be the norm for expressing disagreement, be it with politics or a technology or any other matter," said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. "These alleged actions – which damaged property and could well have taken lives – will be aggressively prosecuted."OpenAI said in a statement that "to ensure society gets AI right, we need to work through the democratic process" and "we welcome a good faith debate" but added that "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".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 confirmed to the BBC that the related incident had occurred at Altman's home.In their criminal complaint, federal prosecutors allege that Moreno-Gama set fire to an exterior gate at Altman's home around 4:00 local time (12:00 BST) Friday before fleeing on f...