The AI Doomer Who Came for Sam Altman

A 20-year-old AI doomer threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's mansion and was found with a hit list of other tech executives.

The AI Doomer Who Came for Sam Altman

Daniel Moreno-Gama firebombed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's San Francisco home at 4 a.m. Friday, setting the exterior gate ablaze before getting arrested hours later at OpenAI headquarters — where he threatened to burn down that building too. Court documents reveal the Texas man carried a manifesto opposing AI development and a list targeting other AI executives. He's been federally charged with attempted destruction of property with explosives.

The ideological war over AI just turned violent, with the industry's biggest name now requiring security protection.

OpenAI Wants to Tax the Rich and Give You a Four-Day Workweek

Days after its CEO faced a firebombing, OpenAI released a 13-page economic manifesto calling for wealth taxes, expanded social safety nets, and a four-day workweek to prepare for AI-driven job displacement. The document reads like a progressive policy wishlist — surprising given OpenAI leadership's history of funding conservative candidates and PACs. Vox

The company building AI to replace jobs is floating radical ideas about how society should pay you when yours disappears.

State Governments Are Writing AI Laws While Congress Sleeps

Nebraska just passed a "chatbot bill," Maryland regulated AI pricing, and Maine banned AI therapy without licensed professionals — all in the past week. Meanwhile, California, Hawaii, Connecticut, and Oklahoma are rushing their own AI laws through committees, creating a patchwork of rules that will determine whether you can use AI at work, with your doctor, or for online shopping based entirely on your zip code.

Federal AI regulation remains stalled, so your AI rights now depend on which state you live in.

The Army's New Helicopter Is Actually a Flying Supercomputer

RTX just won contracts to pack the U.S. Army's next assault helicopter with five advanced digital systems, turning the Bell MV-75 into a connected platform that flies twice as fast and twice as far as current aircraft. The defense contractor is supplying everything from power generation to ice protection systems, signaling that military hardware is becoming as digitally complex as consumer tech. Yahoo Finance

Your next Uber ride will have more computing power than today's fighter jets.

Quick Hits

• Courts can't figure out AI evidence: Judges in New York and Michigan issued conflicting rulings on whether your ChatGPT prompts can be used against you in lawsuits.
• Autodesk hired an AI boss: Former Andreessen Horowitz partner Mike Kelly becomes CIO to lead the design software giant's enterprise AI push.

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