He carried a kill list of AI CEOs and a jug of kerosene. His lawyer called it a property crime. The charges carry life in prison.
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The 20-year-old who threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman’s home and carried a kill list of AI CEOs pleaded not guilty to attempted murder. His defence called it a property crime. The state charges carry up to life in prison.
Daniel Moreno-Gama, the 20-year-old accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the San Francisco home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and then walking three miles to OpenAI’s headquarters to threaten to burn the building down, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to two counts of attempted murder and nine other state charges. Moreno-Gama, wearing an orange jail jumpsuit, did not speak during the brief arraignment in San Francisco Superior Court. His attorney entered the pleas on his behalf and requested a mental health evaluation, which the judge granted. The defence described the incident as “a property crime, at best” and accused prosecutors of trying to curry favour...
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