内容来源：https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/11/sam-altman-responds-to-incendiary-new-yorker-article-after-attack-on-his-home/

内容总结：

【旧金山讯】当地时间周五晚间，OpenAI首席执行官山姆·阿尔特曼通过博客回应了近期对其住所的袭击事件以及《纽约客》杂志对其个人信誉提出质疑的长篇报道。

据旧金山警方通报，周五清晨一名嫌疑人向阿尔特曼位于旧金山的住所投掷燃烧瓶，未造成人员伤亡。该嫌疑人随后在OpenAI总部威胁纵火时被捕。阿尔特曼指出，此事发生在《纽约客》发布关于他的"煽动性文章"数日后。他坦言曾有人提醒，在人工智能引发广泛焦虑的时期发布此类文章可能增加其人身风险，但自己当时并未重视。"如今我在深夜惊醒，感到愤怒，意识到低估了言论与叙事的力量。"阿尔特曼写道。

这篇由普利策奖得主罗南·法罗与科技政治专栏作家安德鲁·马兰茨联合撰写的调查报道，采访了超百位熟悉阿尔特曼商业行为的人士。报道指出，多数受访者认为阿尔特曼具有"超越寻常的权欲"，更有匿名董事会成员形容其"既渴望取悦他人，又对欺骗行为可能造成的后果表现出反社会性的漠视"。

在回应中，阿尔特曼承认存在诸多失误，特别提到自己"回避冲突的倾向给OpenAI及个人带来巨大痛苦"。他对此前与董事会冲突导致公司动荡表示反省："在OpenAI异常复杂的发展轨迹中，我犯过许多错误。作为身处漩涡中心的不完美个体，我始终致力于每年进步，为使命而工作。"他同时向受到伤害者致歉。

针对人工智能领域日益激烈的竞争态势，阿尔特曼将其比作"权力之戒"效应，认为这种"成为AGI控制者"的哲学令人行为失控。他提出解决方案应是"广泛分享技术，不让任何人独占权力之戒"。

文末，阿尔特曼呼吁行业"在开展善意批评与辩论的同时，降低激烈言辞与对抗手段"，并意味深长地写道："无论是象征意义还是字面意义，我们都应让爆炸声在更少的家庭中响起。"他重申对技术进步的信念，认为其能为每个家庭的未来创造难以置信的美好。

中文翻译：

周五晚间，OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥尔特曼发表博客文章，回应了其住所疑似遭袭事件以及《纽约客》杂志一篇质疑其可信度的深度报道。

周五清晨，有人据称向奥尔特曼位于旧金山的住所投掷了燃烧瓶。旧金山警方表示，事件中无人受伤，一名嫌疑人随后在OpenAI总部被捕，当时他正威胁要烧毁大楼。

尽管警方尚未公开嫌疑人身份，奥尔特曼指出此事发生在关于他的"一篇煽动性文章"发布数日之后。他表示曾有人提醒，在"人工智能引发高度焦虑的时期"发布此类文章可能使他"处境更加危险"。

"我当时不以为意，"奥尔特曼写道，"而今深夜无眠，愤怒之余，意识到自己低估了舆论叙事的力量。"

这篇引发争议的长篇调查报道由罗南·法罗（曾凭揭露哈维·韦恩斯坦性侵系列报道获普利策奖）与安德鲁·马兰茨（长期专注科技与政治领域报道）共同撰写。两位记者表示，在采访了百余位了解奥尔特曼商业行为的人士后，多数受访者将其描述为"对权力的不懈追求令人侧目，即便在那些将名字刻上宇宙飞船的企业家群体中也显得与众不同"。

与其他曾报道奥尔特曼的记者相呼应，法罗和马兰茨指出许多消息源对其可信度提出质疑。一位匿名董事会成员评价他"既怀有取悦他人、在每次互动中博得好感的强烈欲望，又具备反社会人格般对欺骗行为后果的漠然"。

奥尔特曼在回应中坦言，回顾过往可见"诸多引以为傲之事，亦有一连串失误"。他特别指出自己"回避冲突的倾向"已"给个人和OpenAI带来巨大痛苦"。

"我对自己在与前董事会冲突中的不当处理感到羞愧，这给公司造成了巨大混乱，"奥尔特曼显然指向2023年其首席执行官职务被罢免又迅速复职的事件，"在OpenAI这段非凡历程中，我犯过许多其他错误。作为身处极端复杂境遇的普通人，我每年都在努力进步，始终为使命而奋斗。"

他补充道："谨向受到伤害的人们致歉，真希望自己能更快领悟。"

奥尔特曼同时承认，该领域企业间似乎存在"大量莎士比亚式的戏剧冲突"，他将此归因于"'权力之戒'效应令人行为失常"。当然，应对权力之戒的正确方式是摧毁它，因此他特别说明："并非指通用人工智能本身是魔戒，而是那种'必须成为掌控通用人工智能之人'的绝对化思维。"他提出的解决方案是"致力于广泛分享技术，让无人能独占魔戒"。

文末奥尔特曼表示欢迎"善意的批评与辩论"，并重申其信念："技术进步能为每个家庭创造难以置信的美好未来。"

"在开展辩论的同时，我们应当缓和言辞与手段，"他总结道，"无论是象征意义还是字面意义上，都该让爆炸声在更少的家庭中响起。"

英文来源：

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman published a blog post on Friday evening responding to both an apparent attack on his home and an in-depth New Yorker profile raising questions about his trustworthiness.
Early Friday morning, someone allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at Altman’s San Francisco home. No one was hurt in the incident, and a suspect was later arrested at OpenAI headquarters, where he was threatening to burn down the building, according to the SF Police Department.
While the police have not identified the suspect publicly, Altman noted that the incident came a few days after “an incendiary article” was published about him. He said someone had suggested that the article’s publication “at a time of great anxiety about AI” could make things “more dangerous” for him.
“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 in question was a lengthy investigative piece written by Ronan Farrow (who won a Pulitzer for reporting that revealed many of the sexual abuse allegations around Harvey Weinstein) and Andrew Marantz (who’s written extensively about technology and politics).
Farrow and Marantz said that during interviews with more than 100 people who have knowledge of Altman’s business conduct, most described Altman as someone with “a relentless will to power that, even among industrialists who put their names on spaceships, sets him apart.”
Echoing other journalists who have profiled Altman, Farrow and Marantz suggested that many sources raised questions about his trustworthiness, with one anonymous board member saying he combines “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.”
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In his response, Altman said that looking back, he can identify “a lot of things I’m proud of and a bunch of mistakes.”
Among the mistakes, he said, is a tendency towards “being conflict-averse,” which he said 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 acknowledged that there seems to be “so much Shakespearean drama between the companies in our field,” which he attributed to a “‘ring of power’ dynamic” that “makes people do crazy things.”
Of course, the correct way to deal with the ring of power is to destroy it, so Altman added, “I don’t mean that [artificial general intelligence] is the ring itself, but instead the totalizing philosophy of ‘being the one to control AGI.’” His proposed solution is “to orient towards sharing the technology with people broadly, and for no one to have the ring.”
Altman concluded by saying that he welcomes “good-faith criticism and debate,” while reiterating his belief that “technological progress can make the future unbelievably good, for your family and mine.”
“While we have that debate, we should de-escalate the rhetoric and tactics and try to have fewer explosions in fewer homes, figuratively and literally,” he said.