Anti-AI Sentiment Turns Violent — Molotov Cocktails and Gunfire at Sam Altman's Home, Attacks on Data Center Officials

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's San Francisco home was attacked twice in three days — first with a Molotov cocktail, then with gunfire — by a 20-year-old from Texas carrying a manifesto naming other AI executives. Separately, a wave of targeted violence has struck local officials over data center expansions in Indianapolis. Fortune reports anti-AI sentiment has escalated from protest to physical attacks, with Gen Z anger at AI rising from 22% to 31% in one year (Gallup) as the movement gains momentum.