Altman attack suspect suggested ‘Luigi’ing some tech CEOs’ in online chat

The suspect accused of attempting to murder OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed interest in “Luigi’ing” technology leaders in an online chat late last year, seemingly referring to Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing United Health CEO Brian Thompson. 

A team member of the podcast “The Last Invention” first made contact with the suspect, Daniel Moreno-Gama, on Discord last December, when Moreno-Gama asked about violence on the server of an anti-AI group, according to chat screenshots obtained by The Hill. 

When asked what he meant by violence, Moreno-Gama responded “Luig’ing some tech CEOs,” and the two made arrangements to record an interview, the screenshots showed. 

Moreno-Gama was arrested and charged with attempted murder and attempted arson after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Altman’s San Francisco house last Friday.  

During the January recording with podcast host Andy Mils, Moreno-Gama said the comment “shouldn’t be taken too literally,” according to a recording shared with The Hill. 

“People kind of say that all the time. I didn’t really mean that as a threat or anything,” Moreno-Gama said. 

When Mills........

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