Attacks near Altman's home

Sam Altman’s San Francisco home was hit by gunfire early Sunday, two days after someone allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at the property. (abcnews.com) San Francisco police said officers responded at about 2:56 a.m. on April 12 in the Russian Hill area and later arrested Amanda Tom, 25, and Muhamad Tarik Hussein, 23. Police said they recovered three firearms in a search of a separate residence. (abcnews.com, sanfranciscopolice.org) Police have not said the motive is clear or whether the house was deliberately targeted. ABC News reported investigators were weighing possibilities including a mental health crisis, a disgruntled current or former employee, or domestic terrorism. (abcnews.com) The shooting followed a separate attack around 4 a.m. on Friday, April 10, when police said a person threw an incendiary device that set an exterior gate on fire. No one was injured in either incident, according to police and OpenAI. (abcnews.com, usatoday.com) Police said the Friday suspect fled on foot, then was detained about an hour later at OpenAI’s headquarters after officers responded to a report of threats to burn down a building. ABC News reported the suspect is 20 years old and that charging decisions could come later this week. (abcnews.com, cnbc.com) Altman said after the firebomb attack that “we should de-escalate the rhetoric and tactics,” according to the Los Angeles Times. He made the appeal as OpenAI faces a new burst of criticism over its leadership, safety record and corporate structure. (latimes.com) One pressure point is a jury trial scheduled to start April 27 in Oakland in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, Altman and Microsoft. Musk says OpenAI abandoned the nonprofit mission he backed in 2015; OpenAI disputes that account. (techxplore.com) OpenAI has also spent the past year defending its governance after Altman’s brief ouster in November 2023 and the board review that reinstated him in March 2024. The company has said its board has “full confidence” in Altman and Greg Brockman’s leadership. (openai.com) For now, the clearest facts are narrow: two attacks in three days, three arrests, no reported injuries, and an investigation that police say is still unfolding. (abcnews.com, sanfranciscopolice.org)