Crime and Tech Executives

A 20-year-old man, identified as Daniel Moreno-Gama of Spring, Texas, made his first court appearance after being arrested in connection with a Molotov-style attack on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's San Francisco home early Friday. Authorities say Moreno-Gama traveled to San Francisco, threw an incendiary device that briefly set the exterior gate ablaze but caused only minimal damage, then went to OpenAI's headquarters where he allegedly smashed at the doors, threatened to burn the building and kill people inside, and was taken into custody outside the offices carrying a jug of kerosene and a lighter. Investigators recovered a multi-part document expressing anti-AI views and listing names and addresses of AI executives and investors; FBI agents executed a search warrant at Moreno-Gama's Texas residence and seized evidence. He faces multiple state counts including two counts of attempted murder and attempted arson — charges that carry a combined exposure of up to 19 years to life — and federal charges including possession of an unregistered firearm and damage and destruction of property by means of explosives, with prosecutors saying federal authorities may treat the matter under domestic-terrorism statutes.