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A policy chief says opponents are playing with fire

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After the attacks on Sam Altman's house, OpenAI's policy chief warned that AI doomers are playing with fire, while the White House vowed to investigate ten US scientists, engineers and military leaders recently gone missing or found dead.

Reporting date: 2026-04-17 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to April 17, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A car stops outside the CEO's home and fires a gun

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A policy chief says opponents are playing with fire
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-04-17
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-04-17-doomers-playing-with-fire
Claim: After the attacks on Sam Altman's house, OpenAI's policy chief warned that AI doomers are playing with fire, while the White House vowed to investigate ten US scientists, engineers and military leaders recently gone missing or found dead.
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- Welcome to April 17, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-april-17-2026
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