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5 min readSam Altman's Home Attacked Twice in Three Days
Over the weekend, San Francisco police arrested two suspects after Sam Altman's home was allegedly targeted in a second attack—this time involving a gunshot fired from a car. The incident came just two days after a twenty-year-old Texas man allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at the same property. The attacks have heightened already intense fears about the societal stakes of artificial intelligence, with Altman himself writing after the first incident that "the fear and anxiety about AI is justified."
According to a San Francisco police report cited by the San Francisco Chronicle, a Honda sedan with two people inside stopped in front of Altman's property early Sunday morning, having passed it a few minutes earlier. A hand emerged from the window and appeared to fire a round on the Lombard Street side of the property, based on surveillance footage and security personnel who reported hearing a gunshot. The car fled, but a camera captured its license plate, leading police to detain suspects Amanda Tom, 25, and Mohammed Hussein without incident. A search of their residence turned up three firearms.
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- 1 (00:07) **Sam Altman's Home Targeted Twice in Three Days** - Police arrest two suspects after a Molotov cocktail attack and a separate apparent shooting at the OpenAI CEO's San Francisco residence.
- 2 (03:04) **Apple Testing Four AI Smart Glasses Designs** - Bloomberg reports Apple is developing rectangular and oval frames with vertically oriented oval camera lenses, aiming for deep iPhone integration and a premium build.
- 3 (05:59) **OpenAI Touts Amazon Partnership, Distances from Microsoft** - A leaked internal memo from CRO Denise Dresser says the Microsoft deal "limited our ability to reach clients on Bedrock."
- 4 (10:21) **GPU Prices Surge as Agentic AI Demand Creates Capacity Crunch** - Renting one NVIDIA Blackwell GPU now costs $4.08 per hour, up 48% in two months, threatening the AI boom.
- 5 (15:01) **Mark Zuckerberg Building Photorealistic AI Version of Himself** - Meta is working on an AI-powered 3D character of Zuckerberg that could engage with employees, trained on his mannerisms, tone, and public statements.
- 6 Standout Quotes
- 7 "The fear and anxiety about AI is justified. We are in the process of witnessing the largest change to society in a long time, and perhaps ever." - Sam Altman, after the first attack on his home.
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Show Notes
Sam Altman's home has been targeted twice in three days, first a Molotov cocktail, then a shooting from a passing car. Apple is testing four designs for AI smart glasses. OpenAI is touting its Amazon partnership while publicly distancing from Microsoft. GPU prices are surging as an agentic AI compute crunch threatens the whole industry. And Mark Zuckerberg is still keen on photorealistic Metaverse avatars.
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Sam Altman's home targeted in second attack; two suspects arrested (SF Standard)
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Apple AI Smart Glasses Features, Styles, Colors, Cameras; Giannandrea Leaving (Bloomberg)
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OpenAI touts Amazon alliance in memo, says Microsoft has 'limited our ability' to reach clients (CNBC)
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AI Is Using So Much Energy That Computing Firepower Is Running Out (WSJ)
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Meta builds AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to interact with staff (FT)
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