Altman Responds After Molotov Attack on Home

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman published a blog post Friday after someone allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at his San Francisco home. No one was hurt, and a suspect was arrested at OpenAI headquarters while threatening to burn the building down. Altman linked the attack to a recent New Yorker profile by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz, which portrayed him as untrustworthy and driven by an extreme will to power. In his response, Altman acknowledged past mistakes, including being conflict-averse and mishandling his 2023 removal as CEO. He called for de-escalating rhetoric around AI, warned against any single entity controlling AGI, and urged fewer explosions, figuratively and literally.