00:00A 20-year-old Texas man accused of throwing a lit Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's San Francisco
00:07home
00:08has been charged with attempted murder, motivated by a deep hatred of artificial intelligence technology, prosecutors said.
00:15When arrested, the suspect, Daniel Moreno-Gamma, was carrying a document outlining his anti-AI beliefs
00:21and listing the names and addresses of multiple additional AI executives, board members and investors.
00:28Altman's home was then struck a second time two days later, this time by gunfire from a passing car,
00:34in what experts are calling an alarming escalation of anti-AI sentiment.
00:39The attacks fit into a broader wave of backlash against AI, with workers in creative industries,
00:45communities near planned data centers and others citing everything from job displacement to resource strain as fuel for growing public
00:53anger.
00:54Altman addressed the attacks in a blog post calling for de-escalation of the rhetoric and tactics within the AI
01:00industry,
01:01while his attorney appeared in court Tuesday, where the suspect was held without bail.
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