The young Texas man who authorities said traveled to San Francisco to firebomb Sam Altman’s mega-mansion wrote a manifesto saying he must “lead by example” in killing the OpenAI founder, court documents show.
Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, is accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at Altman’s $27 million Russian Hill home at around 3:30 a.m. Friday morning.
He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco Superior Court on two counts of attempted murder and other felonies related to the incident.
He faces federal charges including possession of an unregistered firearm and destruction of property using explosives.
Federal prosecutors said Moreno-Gama, from Spring, Texas, carried a three-part manifesto with him when he traveled to the Bay Area to unleash attacks on Altman’s home and the headquarters of OpenAI. His Texas home was raided by the FBI on Monday.
In part one of the screed, titled “Your Last Warning,” he stated: “If I am going to advocate for others to kill and commit crimes, then I must lead by example and show that I am fully sincere in my message,” according to federal charging documents.
Moreno-Gama also had a list featuring the “names and addresses of apparent board members and chief executive officers of AI companies and investors,” prosecutors said.
In the manifesto’s second part, titled “Some more words on the matter of our impending extinction,” Moreno-Gama “discussed the purported risk AI poses to humanity,” according to the charging documents.
The third part included a letter to Altman saying: “If by some miracle you live, then I would take this as a sign from the divine to redeem yourself…”
Cops said the incendiary device Moreno-Gama threw at Altman’s compound failed to ignite the property and exploded on a front gate at the residence.
Less than an hour after the attempt, Moreno-Gama turned up at OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters, where surveillance video showed him trying to bash in the building’s front windows.
When officers arrived, they found Moreno-Gama in with incendiary devices, a jug of kerosene, a blue lighter and the manifesto.
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San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said her office will ask to keep him in custody without bail because of the public safety risk he poses. He will be prosecuted separately on the federal charges.
If convicted on the state-level charges, Moreno-Gama faces life in prison.
Two days after the Molotov cocktail attack, cops said the Altman’s home was targeted again, this time by a pair of suspects who drove by his property and fired a gunshot from their vehicle.
Amanda Tom, 25, and Muhamad Tarik Hussein, 23, were arrested at the scene. Cops confirmed the car belonged to Tom and three guns were seized.
Altman published a breezy blog post defending AI on social media following Moreno-Gama’s alleged attack.
The post included a picture of Alman’s husband and their child.
“I am sharing a photo in the hopes that it might dissuade the next person from throwing a Molotov cocktail at our house, no matter what they think about me,” wrote Altman.
