The home of Daniel Moreno-Gama is seen after the FBI raided his home in Spring, Texas, Monday, April 13, 2026. (Jason Fochtman\/Houston Chronicle via AP)<\/small><\/p>\n
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SPRING, Texas (AP) \u2014 The man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail<\/a><\/span> at OpenAI founder Sam Altman\u2019s home in San Francisco was opposed to artificial intelligence and had list of other AI tech executives, according to court documents.<\/p>\n Authorities allege Daniel Moreno-Gama threw the incendiary device about 4 a.m. Friday, setting an exterior gate at Altman\u2019s home alight before fleeing on foot, police said. Less than an hour later, Moreno-Gama allegedly went to OpenAI\u2019s<\/a><\/span> headquarters and reportedly threatened to burn down the building.<\/p>\n On Monday morning, FBI agents went to Moreno-Gama\u2019s home in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston, where they spent several hours before leaving. He has been charged with possession of an unregistered firearm and damage and destruction of property by means of explosives. <\/p>\n When Moreno-Gama was arrested Friday, officials found a document on him in which he \u201cidentified views opposed to Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/span> (AI) and the executives of various AI companies,\u201d court documents say.<\/p>\n Moreno-Gama wrote of AI\u2019s purported risk to humanity and \u201cour impending extinction,\u201d according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n Advocacy groups that have issued grave warnings about AI\u2019s risks to society condemned the violence.<\/p>\n Anthony Aguirre, president and CEO of the Future of Life Institute, said in a written statement Friday that \u201cviolence and intimidation of any kind have no place in the conversation about the future of AI.\u201d<\/p>\n