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Daniel Moreno-Gama, a 20-year-old Texas man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home, is charged with attempted murder and attempted arson (Hadas Gold/CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2026/04/13/tech/sam-altman-openai-arrest-charges

Suspect in attack at Sam Altman’s house charged with attempted murder and attempted arson
The man who allegedly threw an incendiary device at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is facing attempted murder and attempted arson charges, authorities said Monday.

Angriff auf Sam Altmans Wohnhaus: OpenAI-Chef kann Angst vor KI verstehen
Nachdem jemand am Freitag versucht haben soll, Sam Altmans Wohnhaus in Brand zu setzen, wurden dort jetzt Schüsse abgegeben. Die Hintergründe sind noch unklar.

Musk v. Altman: in closing arguments, Musk's attorney doubled down on claims of Altman's untrustworthiness, while OpenAI's lawyer said Musk has no evidence (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/musk-sam-altman-ope…

Closing arguments begin in Musk-OpenAI trial that could shape AI’s future
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI began closing arguments Thursday in the landmark trial whose outcome could shape the future of artificial intelligence. Musk, the world’s richest man, was a co-founder of OpenAI, the company that launched in 2015 and went on to create ChatGPT. After Musk invested $38 million in its first years, his lawsuit filed in 2024 accused OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his top deputy of shifting into a moneymaking mode behind his back.

Musk v. Altman: Altman faced an intense cross-examination from Musk's attorney, who asked "are you completely trustworthy?"; Altman replied "I believe so" (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman

Sam Altman faces awkward grilling over 'toxic culture of lying'
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was bombarded with questions from Elon Musk's attorney over whether he lies to advance his business interests.

Musk v. Altman filing: Sam Altman holds $2B in stakes in companies that have done business with OpenAI, including a $1.7B stake in fusion startup Helion Energy (Kenrick Cai/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/o

Sources: Sam Altman recently discussed launching an AI compute company that is majority-owned by OpenAI, similar to Stargate's original data center initiative (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/sam-altman-stargate-redux-maybe

Sam Altman may start a new compute company
Stargate redux? OpenAI's CEO has recently discussed setting up a new compute effort that he would raise money for, with OpenAI as the majority shareholder.

Police report: Sam Altman's home appears to have been targeted in a second attack after a gun appeared to have been fired at his home from a car early Sunday (Jonah Owen Lamb/The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/12/sam-altman-s-home-targe…

Sam Altman’s home targeted in second attack
Early Sunday morning, a car stopped and appears to have fired a gun at the Russian Hill home of OpenAI’s CEO, according to a newly-obtained police report.

Musk v. Altman: Altman testified that in 2017 Musk demanded complete control of a proposed OpenAI for-profit arm, musing that he would pass it to his children (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-12/altman…

Glydways, a robocar startup backed by Sam Altman, Khosla, and others, says it is in talks to raise $250M at a $1B valuation, following a ~$170M Series C (Min-Jeong Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04…

OpenAI's economic agenda is oddly socialist and wildly hypocritical, and is largely undermined by OpenAI's support for Republicans who attack welfare programs (Eric Levitz/Vox)
https://www.vox.com/politics/485461/openai-economic-policy-superpac-sam-altm…

OpenAI is pivoting to…socialism?
Last week, OpenAI endorsed a long list of highly progressive economic reforms. And yet, the company’s leadership is bankrolling Republican opponents of the welfare state.