Texas Man Faces Life in Prison for OpenAI Assassination Plot
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🗓️ 15 April 2026
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Gianna Jalosi with your Fox True Crime Minute. The suspect accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home is now facing multiple state and federal charges. That includes attempted murder, possession of an incendiary device and possession of an unregistered firearm. Authorities say 20-year-old Daniel Moreno Gamma wrote about AI's purported risks to humanity and traveled from Texas to San Francisco |
| 0:21.7 | intending to kill Altman, throwing an incendiary device around 4 a.m. Friday setting an exterior |
| 0:26.5 | gate at Altman's home on fire before running away. Less than an hour later, Moretogama allegedly |
| 0:31.1 | went to open AI's headquarters about three miles away and threatened to burn down that building. |
| 0:35.6 | Nobody was hurt at Altman's home or the company office. The San Francisco DA says the state charges against Moreno Gama, carry penalties from 19 years to life in prison. Now, hours after the attack, Altman posted on a blog saying fear and anxiety about AI is justified, but that it was important to de-escalate the rhetoric and have fewer explosions in fewer homes. There's more on this story at foxnews.com or subscribe to the Fox True Crime podcast. |
| 0:57.6 | I'm Gianna Jalosi with your Fox True Crime Minute. |
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