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Anxiety, resentment around AI spur violence against tech's figureheads
Punching bags with the faces of AI founders Elon Musk and Sam Altman are placed in front of a federal courthouse in Oakland, California. Several proponents of artificial intelligence (AI) have become the victims of violent acts in recent days, reflecting the existential dread around the emerging technology—and the public's growing resentment towards its advocates. Billionaire OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is among the most prominent, with someone throwing a Molotov cocktail at his home on April 10. A suspect, 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama, has been arrested. But the violence extends beyond Silicon Valley's elite to include local policymakers, like Ron Gibson, a city councilmember in Indianapolis who had 13 bullets shot through his front door after expressing support for a data center construction project. Those behind the April 6 attack also left a note reading "No Data Centers." "Anxiety about emerging technologies is nothing new," said researcher Nirit Weiss-Blatt, whose Substack newsletter "AI Panic" covers the growing hostility towards artificial intelligence. "With artificial intelligence, though, it feels more extreme," she added, noting that Moreno-Gama was radicalized through the "'AI existential risk' rhetoric" rather than its employment or environmental impacts. "We need to have a broader discussion about how the 'extinction risk' rhetoric radicalizes the most vulnerable individuals," Weiss-Blatt said. "The fact that some edges justify violent acts is very troubling, and it needs to be condemned as strongly as possible." The attacks against AI figureheads have no demonstrable ties to one another, nor do they claim affiliation with any shared organization. But Mauro Lubrano, a lecturer in international relations at the University of Bath, said calling such actors lone wolves "is actually not that accurate, because these groups are embedded in some sort of digital ecosystem." Lubrano connects the recent string of violence to the vandalism of Tesla vehicles and dealerships in 2025 in response to founder Elon Musk's work with the administration of US President Donald Trump. The recent reports of violence have led to an increased demand for physical protection among tech companies. "In recent months, we've definitely seen a clear uptick," said Rory Moran, who oversees executive security at United Security, Inc. "These AI and technology companies, especially the big ones, they're always in the news, and when that happens... we're going to see an uptick in i...
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