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Sam Altman suggested<\/span> that an investigative story describing him as someone \u201cunconstrained by truth\u201d with a \u201csociopathic lack of concern\u201d for consequences caused an early Friday attack on his San Francisco home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The OpenAI CEO\u2019s unsubstantiated implication came in a post on his personal blog<\/a> published on Friday, hours after the attack. \u201cThere was an incendiary article about me a few days ago,\u201d he wrote. Although he initially \u201cbrushed it aside,\u201d he said he was \u201cpissed\u201d and now \u201cthinking that I have underestimated the power of words and narratives.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n A 20-year-old man was arrested early Friday<\/a> after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Altman\u2019s home. No one was hurt in the incident. The same man is suspected of also threatening to burn down a building at OpenAI\u2019s headquarters later that morning. The Monday New Yorker <\/em>investigation<\/a> Altman referred to included interviews with over 100 people who had firsthand knowledge of how Altman conducted business. While a few people defended Altman, most said he was power-hungry and manipulative.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a move that appears as an attempt to soften his appeal, Altman accompanied his post with a photo of his husband and son. While he acknowledged the present moment as \u201ca time of great anxiety about AI,\u201d he noted, \u201cwhile we have that debate, we should de-escalate the rhetoric and tactics and try to have fewer explosions in fewer homes, figuratively and literally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Altman\u2019s suggestion of \u201ctactics\u201d indicates that he believes reports like the New Yorker <\/em>investigation are intentionally dishonest and lead to violence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The attack comes as CEOs are spending more money on personal security<\/a>. According to a report by the Conference Board, a nonprofit research group, and ESGauge, an analytics platform, the top 10 percent of spenders pay an average of $1.2 million per year for full-time protection teams, armored vehicles, and threat intelligence.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n As of April 11, OpenAI is hiring for four positions in corporate security<\/a>, including a risk analyst<\/a>, who will bring experience in \u201cphysical security, counterintelligence, and risk management,\u201d and security leaders in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and at data centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But security goes far beyond safety when considering the technology OpenAI produces. The attack could be used to develop a surveillance dragnet. The company secured a Pentagon contract<\/a> in February and announced the deal in a company release titled \u201cOur agreement with the Department of War<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n That same day, the Trump administration dropped and blacklisted Anthropic, a rival AI company, from federal contracts due to the company\u2019s refusal to remove safety restrictions<\/a> on its AI model that prevent the government from using it for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons. So while OpenAI claimed in its February announcement that it would ensure that its tools \u201cwill not be used for domestic surveillance,\u201d how could it have successfully secured the contract<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n If Altman truly wants to \u201cde-escalate the rhetoric and tactics,\u201d he has to reconcile with boosting a company that requires massive energy resources<\/a> to harm not only those abroad in the name of national security but our communities at home<\/a>. <\/p>\r\n
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