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A 20-year-old man allegedly tossed a molotov cocktail at the home of Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, before the sun rose on Friday, according to statements from San Francisco police.

The suspect, who allegedly threw the fire bomb at the $27m North Beach residence around 4.12am, has been arrested but not identified. The same person allegedly threatened to torch OpenAI’s headquarters in the city. No injuries were reported.

The San Francisco police wrote in a statement on X on Friday morning that the agency responded to a “fire investigation” after the man allegedly threw a molotov cocktail at Altman’s residence. Law enforcement said there was a “fire to an exterior gate”, after which the suspect fled on foot. There were no injuries, the agency said.

About an hour later, just after 5am, police responded to reports from a business in the Mission Bay neighborhood, where OpenAI’s headquarters are located, about a man “threatening to burn down the building”. Officers said they recognized the man as the suspect from the earlier incident and immediately detained him.

Funny that when you threaten an entire society, some will break. That he was only 20 suggests a sense that he will never have a seat at the table for the rest of his life.

And he's not wrong.

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[-] rosco385@lemmy.wtf 13 points 7 hours ago
[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

Bring 40 friends next time.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 33 points 10 hours ago

Sam Altman leads a company whose products have killed dozens, maybe more, sometimes after psychologically torturing them. I’m not exactly sympathetic to the guy.

You can say the same about our nations.

[-] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago
[-] realitista@lemmus.org 18 points 10 hours ago

Aw come on, you can do better than that. If you're gonna take the risk, make if count.

[-] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 3 points 8 hours ago

aw, what a shame... Anyway,

[-] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 3 points 7 hours ago

Here’s Wonderwall 🎸

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 hours ago
[-] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 hours ago
[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 hours ago
this post was submitted on 10 Apr 2026
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