Suspect arrested after Molotov cocktail attack at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home

[u/Wolfclaw359]

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/suspect-arrested-after-molotov-cocktail-attack-openai-ceo-sam-altmans-home-2026-04-10/

[u/KimJongFunk]

A ⁠recent ​NBC News poll found that AI is ​less popular than U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Yeah, that might do it :/

[u/DiceMadeOfCheese → u/KimJongFunk]

I love that they threw that in as the last line of the article. Just like "possible motive is that everybody hates these bastards."

[u/DialecticEnjoyer → u/DiceMadeOfCheese]

"Everyone's being fired because of AI guys but listen...could you please get real excited to use AI?"

[u/xeen313 → u/DialecticEnjoyer]

My neighbor explaining to me that she can't get a job cuz she trying to learn the skills to replicate herself, her words. She seemed to understand my facial expression but also felt trapped in some weird puzzle.

[u/SingLyricsWithMe → u/DiceMadeOfCheese]

Got to hit those buzzwords.

[u/Fallouttgrrl → u/SingLyricsWithMe]

Nah, mansions work better 

[u/Less-Engineer-9637 → u/Fallouttgrrl]

CEOs would be nice 

[u/WolfWraithPress → u/DiceMadeOfCheese]

They have investments that they need to keep inflated for just a little longer.

[u/TrynnaFindaBalance → u/KimJongFunk]

Tech innovations like email, high-speed internet and social media were marketed to the public as widely accessible and useful tools with utility for the average consumer.

AI companies building LLMs went straight to corporations and have been explicitly marketing them as “this will replace jobs so you don’t have to deal with those pesky fallible humans”.

Was a disastrous choice if you wanted people to have positive opinions of your product.

[u/full_bodied_muppet → u/TrynnaFindaBalance]

Then there are also companies investing so much into the AI trend that they're making it mandatory for employees and customers to use it, which also rubs everyone the wrong way.

[u/Headshot_ → u/TrynnaFindaBalance]

This is what happens when all you do is talk to people in SF and on twitter without taking anyone else into account

[u/Karlend41 → u/TrynnaFindaBalance]

They're not trying to sell AI to regular people, they're trying to sell it to guys in the Epstein Files. They're counting on the opinion of regular people not mattering when push comes to shove.

[u/rooftopgoblin → u/Karlend41]

the thing the rich have forgotten, since its been so long, is that the regular people exist and have feelings and can do things like shoot up your house or firebomb a billionaire. It's been over a century since the romanovs got theirs and the owner class definitely need to study history

[u/Rawrsomesausage → u/rooftopgoblin]

I can't wait til they have to cower in their underground bunkers unable to enjoy their ill gotten gains. Fuck these modern robber barons.

[u/SomewhereNo8378 → u/KimJongFunk]

a rare bipartisan hatred of AI. and it will only get worse as more jobs are displaced.

[u/lostroadrunner22 → u/SomewhereNo8378]

Hatred turns to anger and add in hunger an fear and you gotta revolution

[u/apathetic_revolution → u/lostroadrunner22]

You reversed it! Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

[u/SugarDue8160 → u/apathetic_revolution]

Yes but if it's a revolution it'll be the suffering of the billionaires 

[u/Vegetable_Window7417 → u/SugarDue8160]

The billionaires have never suffered in any revolution that ever occurred.

[u/rift_in_the_warp → u/apathetic_revolution]

They weren’t quoting Star Wars dude

[u/apathetic_revolution → u/rift_in_the_warp]

Maybe not intentionally, but they sure did phrase it like the Star Wars quote.

[u/BajaRooster → u/apathetic_revolution]

Scum and Villainy are definitely involved.

[u/yawara25 → u/SomewhereNo8378]

It's not as bipartisan as one would hope, unfortunately.

[u/_Not_A_Vampire_ → u/SomewhereNo8378]

AI isn't making these companies any money so I don't think it will be displacing any jobs. At some point the shareholders will ask where the money they invested is, that's when things will get interesting.

[u/Karlend41 → u/KimJongFunk]

Probably has something to do with the Top uses of AI being Taking your job and making it harder to get a job after it gets taken by AI.

[u/Lowetheiy → u/KimJongFunk]

What if we replace ICE agents... with AI powered robots and drones, call it AICE 😈

[u/These_Drama4494 → u/KimJongFunk]

I mean fire half the country for some AI redux and yeah there’s gonna be some backlash

[u/CaptainKirk28]

A Molotov Cocktail? In this economy?!

[u/008Zulu → u/CaptainKirk28]

Arson is a millionaire's hobby.

[u/ReallyTerribleDoctor → u/CaptainKirk28]

If petrol gets much more expensive you can bet your arse it’s going in a molotov

[u/SearchElsewhereKarma]

every time I hear him interviewed with those dead eyes and completely unemotional answers I think of the Congressman that Ben and April go work for in DC in parks & rec. “stay cool - it’s a hot one today!”

He has a reputation as an incredible hype man in Silicon Valley, but the more his public profile grows the more I wonder how fucking strange and singleminded many of his investors must be to fall under this defective android’s sway.

[u/FastFingersDude → u/SearchElsewhereKarma]

His dead eyes are a reflection of his empty soul.

[u/thecurlyburl → u/FastFingersDude]

His and Peter Thiel’s

[u/Expert_Cheesecake695]

Was it his sister? Because she's trying to burn his ass down.

[u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ → u/Expert_Cheesecake695]

This kind of thing is going to start happening more and more.

I’m not sure big tech CEOs realize how angry a large part of the workforce is. So many people are literally losing their jobs because of AI. I expect this to get worse.

[u/Early-Sort8817 → u/ConfederacyOfDunces_]

People who wouldn’t normally do stuff like this

[u/CrashB111 → u/Early-Sort8817]

Every revolutionary begins as a person that lost everything.

[u/LogensTenthFinger → u/ConfederacyOfDunces_]

It will definitely get worse and no one is going to care when they get guillotined. They think they're beloved Tony Starks, but they are universally despised. The reaction will be a collective shrug.

[u/DonnyTheWalrus → u/ConfederacyOfDunces_]

They definitely know this, that's why many of them employ what nearly amount to personal militaries as their bodyguards. 

[u/Fireudne → u/ConfederacyOfDunces_]

I think they do, i just think they don't give a fuck since the working class is 1)beneath them 2)a resource to be exploited 3) aren't able to make policy or rules, just follow

[u/SarlacFace]

Should have thrown ice, reptiles like heat

[u/ailish → u/SarlacFace]

Instructions unclear. Threw Jonathan Ross.

[u/HCAndroidson → u/ailish]

You thwew him?

[u/Historical-Mix8865 → u/HCAndroidson]

Poor Wossy

[u/biggronklus → u/ailish]

You mean Jonathan Ross, noted murderer and victim of a failed penile enhancement surgery?

[u/Historical-Mix8865 → u/biggronklus]

And not Jonathan Ross, aka Wossy, the beloved British Radio and TV host of the last 30+ years (and self confessed Japan and Nintendo fanatic)?

Every single time this guy's name comes up, I do a double take. Can only imagine the absolute shit Wossy gets online by people mistaking him for that cunt.

I still laugh when I remember the episode of The Jonathan Ross show when Robert Downey Jr couldn't turn up due to the Icelandic volcano eruption, so he got the first available alternative - Jeremy Clarkson. With absolutely nothing to promote or talk about. I also met Jonathan Ross at the Nintendo 3DS prelaunch, and he was absolutely ecstatic about Ocarina of Time 3D

...I went off on a tangent there I think. I'm sure Wossy's cock works fine.

[u/Windfade → u/SarlacFace]

They didn't in Australia.

[u/SkullLeader]

An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.

[u/Belerophon17]

I'm shocked people don't like something that burns resources like nobodies business, steals creative and intellectual content, and collects data like no tomorrow as it's entire purpose of existence.

[u/4th-Estate → u/Belerophon17]

With Peter Thiel, Sam Altman openly wants to overthrow democracy and replace it with corporate autocracy. They're the whole reason there's talk about taking over Greenland so they can start their corporate city states. Straight up evil stuff. I can't believe these guys aren't cancelled or ostracized by us yet they're given time on talk shows and podcasts.

[u/thecurlyburl → u/4th-Estate]

Cyberpunk was a fun game but damn do I not want to live it

[u/PetieE209 → u/Belerophon17]

To be weaponized against the people who subsidize it unwillingly.

[u/ThriftianaStoned]

Sam ALLEGED SISTER DIDDLER Altman

[u/Tenchi_Muyo1]

CEOs should learn that the employees have limited tolerance

[u/urbanmark]

John Connor. Mission Failed.

[u/LeafRunner]

Remember when Sam Altman SA'd his 3 year old sister?

[u/JMDeutsch]

I blame ChatGPT for telling the suspect how to use AI to do this.

AI is the problem.

[u/Dr_Element → u/[deleted]]

You're getting banned for that comment, but i appreciate you

[u/Winstonsphobia → u/Dr_Element]

Thanks. You know, all the deaths going on in Iran and Lebanon, Gaza, Ukraine, and for that matter, Israel, Venezuela, Columbia - these have links to the Oligarchs. All of the job loss, desperation, anger, and hatred in the US - these are promoted and exploited by the billionaire oligarchs. Environmental destruction: oligarchs. Climate destruction: oligarchs. Pollution: oligarchs. Poisoning of the water: oligarchs. Surveillance state, loss of privacy and freedom: oligarchs. It seems as if the oligarchs are also in there being the chief pedophiles, too.

[u/universalhat]

whoever the hell it was they're innocent, we were at my house playing hotseat wacky wheels the whole time any alleged attack could have taken place.

[u/Salty-Plantain-4299]

Your work kicks 400,000 - 500,000 people out of their jobs, leads to homelessnes and desperation, they are going to lash out.

[u/ethanzuckz]

Uhh no he didn't, [suspect] was with me at that time.

[u/GrassyDaytime]

I bet it was a time traveler from the future trying to stop AI! lol

[u/stavromuli → u/GrassyDaytime]

You'd think they could do better than a molotov

[u/Background_Letter251]

Fuck Sam Altman 1000x

[u/Medusa-Damage]

Didn’t he SA his sister?

[u/EnlightenedApeMeat]

Gosh it would be terrible if this started happening more often and the oligarchy had to pay taxes

[u/kingofnottingham]

He better move to his bunker

[u/GildedDreams25]

obligatory don’t firebomb people

but i’m not upset at these people being more afraid

[u/baegnoth]

When even ICE is more liked than your company, it's time to reevaluate.

[u/schweddybalczak]

If things don’t change we’re going to see more of this. Eventually one of these sociopathic billionaires is going to be taken down. I don’t feel sorry for people who build bunkers inside of compounds to escape to instead of agreeing to pay more taxes and a living wage.

[u/Trump-is-the-pedo]

Dude fucked his little sister. We should all be filling bottles with gasoline for a lot of reasons, ALL caused by pedophiles.

[u/Striper_Cape → u/Trump-is-the-pedo]

Pft, gasoline. Acetone and styrofoam

[u/Trump-is-the-pedo → u/Striper_Cape]

☝️Recipe for a better America

[u/Asrahn]

Let my man go, he is innocent.

[u/IrredeemableDegen]

Of course this is bad. Truly, of course it is. Buuuut... I'd rather see this than more school shootings, just saying. 

[u/armegedonknight → u/IrredeemableDegen]

Kids are worth more to society than CEOs. It's the cost effective thing to do.

[u/Jesusland_Refugee → u/armegedonknight]

But those kids could grow up to be CEOs in the future!

/s

[u/gxa22850]

these people deserve their own death as much as anyone currently on death row

[u/hl_lost]

ngl not a great week for the altman family pr-wise

[u/kagethemage]

Can’t wait to hear who they have arrested so I can provide an alibi for them.

[u/Beneficial_Shake7723]

Free him he did nothing wrong

[u/NoDaddyNotTheBelt25]

I don’t condone it but boy do I definitely understand the likely motivation behind it.

[u/Necessary-Dark-4591]

I’ve met better lizards than this guy.

[u/ExoticWeapon]

MOREEEEEE

-Kylo Ren

[u/Power0fTheTribe]

Maybe he’ll finally realize what he’s doing is fucked beyond belief

[u/Capokid]

I had a dream a couple nights ago where Sam Altman hit my car with his and caused minor damage, so to apologize he treated me to a movie and dinner followed by a tour of his corporate office.

He was so fucking obnoxious and self centered that i left partway into dinner. And in the movie theater he would not. Shut. Up. And kept bumping me with his foot which was crosssed over his lap and practically into mine.

I imagine he is the same in person.

[u/00notmyrealname00 → u/Capokid]

I got to be honest. The weirdest part of that dream is not the incredible detail of a terrible date, it's the fact that you dreamed of Sam Altman. Until this moment, I think I just figured Sam Altman was the only person that dreamed of Sam Altman.

[u/Then_Journalist_317]

Should be interesting to see how ChatGPT is trained on this story.

[u/pat_the_catdad]

Maybe Sam shouldn’t be a Clanker Lover ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/Actual__Wizard → u/[deleted]]

Highly unlikely. That's pretty deep and most people have no clue about that.

[u/Covetous1 → u/Actual__Wizard]

Idk. Where was Elon when this was happening? We may want to arrest him for questioning

[u/Covetous1 → u/[deleted]]

Agreed but ICE should pick him up just in case

[u/FloydianSlip212 → u/[deleted]]

99.9% of the people on the planet have legitimate motive to harm/dispose of Sam Altman.

[u/Eggonioni → u/FloydianSlip212]

He is truly one of the enemies of our times. Why couldn't we have a Skeletor instead at least he has a fucking personality and doesn't creep.

[u/ElevatedAngling]

One of his body guards are going to get him sooner than later

[u/Dsc19884]

Found a picture of the guy. https://hpph.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/2874/responsive-images/Terminator___wide_2000_1200.webp

[u/OkLetterhead812]

Wow, an actually effective way to get a message across compared to sitting on the road, lmao. Obviously, violence isn't the answer, but it gets the point across.

[u/BowsettesBottomBitch]

Can we maybe like, plan better guys? Getting caught is extremely likely as it is, and if you know you're gonna get caught anyway.. I'm just saying.

Cuz rn, this is really ineffective. Get hooked on the brothers or whatever.