Second attack on Altman’s home reported

Sam Altman’s San Francisco home was hit by a second reported attack within three days, this time by gunfire from a passing car, police said. (abcnews.com) San Francisco police said officers responded around 2:56 a.m. on Sunday, April 12, after shots were reported near Altman’s Russian Hill residence. Police arrested Amanda Tom, 25, and Muhamad Tarik Hussein, 23, and said a search turned up three firearms. (nbcbayarea.com) Police have not said publicly that the gunfire suspects were targeting Altman, and the investigation is still open. ABC News reported that investigators were still trying to determine motive after the arrests. (nbcbayarea.com, abcnews.com) The shooting followed an earlier attack on Friday, April 10, when authorities said Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, threw a Molotov cocktail at Altman’s home and then went to OpenAI’s headquarters in San Francisco. No one was injured in either location, but prosecutors said the gate at the house caught fire and Moreno-Gama later threatened to burn the office building. (justice.gov, abcnews.com) Federal prosecutors charged Moreno-Gama on April 13 with attempted damage and destruction of property by means of explosives and possession of an unregistered firearm. San Francisco prosecutors also filed local charges including attempted murder, arson and criminal threats, according to KQED and NBC Bay Area. (justice.gov, kqed.org, nbcbayarea.com) Investigators say the first attack may have been part of a broader plan aimed at artificial intelligence executives. The federal complaint says Moreno-Gama was carrying a written document titled “Your Last Warning” that listed names and addresses of people described as artificial intelligence chief executives and investors. (sfgate.com, justice.gov) That detail pushed the case beyond a single property crime and into a wider security question around prominent artificial intelligence leaders. Federal investigators said Moreno-Gama had traveled from Spring, Texas, to San Francisco and described the alleged attack as planned and targeted. (kqed.org, justice.gov) Moreno-Gama’s public defenders disputed the prosecution’s framing on Tuesday, saying he was in an “acute mental health crisis” and had been overcharged. They argued the case should be treated as a property crime rather than attempted murder. (kqed.org)) For now, police are treating the Sunday gunfire and the Friday firebombing as separate incidents while they examine possible links. What is clear is that Altman’s home was attacked twice in one weekend, and both the San Francisco Police Department and federal authorities are now involved. (nbcbayarea.com, abcnews.com, justice.gov)