{"id":22761,"date":"2026-04-20T06:37:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T04:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/how-a-fiery-attack-on-sam-altmans-home-unfolded\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T06:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T04:37:43","slug":"how-a-fiery-attack-on-sam-altmans-home-unfolded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/how-a-fiery-attack-on-sam-altmans-home-unfolded\/","title":{"rendered":"How a fiery attack on Sam Altman\u2019s home unfolded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Molotov cocktail attack on OpenAI CEO\u2019s home comes amid growing discontent against artificial intelligence<\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of 10 April, a man approached the gate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/openai\">OpenAI<\/a> CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/sam-altman\">Sam Altman<\/a>\u2019s house in San Francisco and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/apr\/10\/sam-altman-home-molotov-cocktail\">hurled<\/a> a molotov cocktail at the building before fleeing. The suspect, 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama, was arrested less than two hours<strong> <\/strong>later while allegedly attempting to break into the headquarters of OpenAI with a jug of kerosene, a lighter and an anti-AI manifesto.<\/p>\n<p>Federal and California state authorities have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/13\/sam-altman-openai-man-charged\">charged<\/a> Moreno-Gama with a range of crimes including attempted arson and attempted murder. His parents issued a statement this week saying that their son had recently suffered a mental health crisis. Moreno-Gama, who has not yet entered a plea, faces up to life in prison if convicted.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/apr\/18\/sam-altman-house-attack-ai\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/af5e5b63414c297b7c53918738413a13af0a0664\/397_0_4164_3330\/master\/4164.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=db8518a87c23ad828dfbb99c85c5ca7f\" title=\"How a fiery attack on Sam Altman\u2019s home unfolded\" \/>Molotov cocktail attack on OpenAI CEO\u2019s home comes amid growing discontent against artificial intelligence<br \/>\nIn the early hours of 10 April, a man approached the gate of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman\u2019s house in San Francisco and hurled a molotov cocktail at the building before fleeing. The suspect, 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama, was arrested less than two hours later while allegedly attempting to break into the headquarters of OpenAI with a jug of kerosene, a lighter and an anti-AI manifesto.<br \/>\nFederal and California state authorities have charged Moreno-Gama with a range of crimes including attempted arson and attempted murder. His parents issued a statement this week saying that their son had recently suffered a mental health crisis. Moreno-Gama, who has not yet entered a plea, faces up to life in prison if convicted. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Molotov cocktail attack on OpenAI CEO\u2019s home comes amid growing discontent against artificial intelligence In the early hours of 10 April, a man approached the gate of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman\u2019s house in San Francisco and hurled a molotov cocktail at the building before fleeing. The suspect, 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama, was arrested less than two &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/how-a-fiery-attack-on-sam-altmans-home-unfolded\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How a fiery attack on Sam Altman\u2019s home unfolded<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22761"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}