Man charged in arson attack on Sam Altman’s house had AI CEO kill list, prosecutors say

https://fortune.com/2026/04/14/man-charged-in-arson-attack-on-sam-altman-ai-ceo-kill-list-prosecutors-say/

26 Comments

  1. tuna_safe_dolphin on

    The luxury security industry is gonna be booming when the AI-pocalypse fully materializes.

  2. Ghost_Of_Malatesta on

    Tbf, there was a question of if this was because he wants to destroy humanity with AI or because he raped his sister for her a chunk of her childhood 

    E: forgot a word

  3. No other AI CEOs attacked or killed so he failed at the first stop on his list. People have no drive nowadays.

  4. Well you wouldn’t catch me being a billionaire AI CEO under these conditions, that’s for sure.

  5. YarpsDrittAdrAtta on

    If the list of CEOs was prepared for him by ChatGPT, can we assume that he was a Skynet tool?

  6. whitstableboy on

    Odd how the kill list was in the arresting police officer’s handwriting, tho.

  7. TheNatural14063 on

    CEOs represent companies that often take tax payer money and then slash jobs, keep pay and benefits low, pollute the planet, etc to ensure they get to live lives of luxury denied to the working masses who make the CEO’s lives possible….I wonder why people are increasingly becoming hateful of these parasites

  8. StretchMother9627 on

    Did it say “kill list” or is it just names and addresses a guy who didn’t kill anyone wrote down

  9. river_tree_nut on

    The buzz around the San Francisco bay area is that he might have set this up himself. That’s based on vibes only, so take that for what it’s worth. He’s not highly respected there.

  10. myislanduniverse on

    Altman, were he a regular Joe like you and me, might step back right about now and reflect on whether it was the wisest thing to proclaim to every media outlet, investor, and business leader he can find that AI is going to cause incredible social problems and take away everyone’s jobs.

    Whether true or not, he might want to consider how loudly claiming advanced responsibility for destroying society might make him a target?

  11. Dry_Animator9532 on

    We really aren’t getting the best insane assassins nowadays.

    Back in my day, you just didn’t half-ass things like these.

  12. the_red_scimitar on

    Let’s face it – the future is going to keep sending people back until they know SkyNet won’t happen.

  13. Grumptastic2000 on

    Are we sure he is not from the future coming back to prevent the AI-pocalypse