OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman has published a blog post addressing both an alleged attack on his residence and a recent in-depth profile by The New Yorker that questioned his credibility.

On Friday morning, an individual allegedly hurled a Molotov cocktail at Altman’s home in San Francisco. No injuries were reported. According to the San Francisco Police Department, a suspect was later arrested at OpenAI’s headquarters after allegedly threatening to set the building on fire.

“I brushed it aside,” Altman said. “Now I am awake in the middle of the night and pissed, and thinking that I have underestimated the power of words and narratives.”

The article referenced was an extensive investigative report by Ronan Farrow — a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist known for exposing sexual abuse allegations involving Harvey Weinstein — and Andrew Marantz, who has written widely on technology and politics.

Farrow and Marantz reported that in interviews with more than 100 individuals familiar with Altman’s business dealings, many portrayed him as possessing “a relentless will to power that, even among industrialists who put their name…”

Echoing themes raised in previous profiles of Altman, Farrow and Marantz wrote that numerous sources questioned his trustworthiness.

One anonymous board member was quoted as saying he blends “a strong desire to please people, to be liked in any given interaction” with “a sociopathic lack of concern for the consequences that may come from deceiving someone.”

In his response, Altman said that in hindsight he can point to “a lot of things I’m proud of and a bunch of mistakes.”

He acknowledged that one of those mistakes and is a tendency to be “conflict-averse,” adding that it has “caused great pain for me and OpenAI.”

“I am not proud of handling myself badly in a conflict with our previous board that led to a huge mess for the company,” Altman said, presumably referring to his removal and rapid reinstatement as OpenAI CEO back in 2023. “I have made many other mistakes throughout the insane trajectory of OpenAI; I am a flawed person in the center of an exceptionally complex situation, trying to get a little better each year, always working for the mission.”

He added, “I am sorry to people I’ve hurt and wish I had learned more faster.”

Altman also observed that there appears to be “so much Shakespearean drama between the companies in our field,” which he attributed to what he described as a “‘ring of power’ dynamic” that “makes people do crazy things.”