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Protesters gather at OpenAI’s DevDay
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Data centers, ICE contracts, and more were under fire at a rally around the event.
Data centers, ICE contracts, and more were under fire at a rally around the event.
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On Tuesday, OpenAI’s annual DevDay event began with protests, flyers and chants. “Sam Altman, get off it, put people over profit,” said a group of protesters marching in a circle in front of a series of signs that spelled out “PEOPLE OVER PROFIT.”
More than a dozen organizations came together to sponsor a rally outside the entrance to the event venue at San Francisco’s Fort Mason, including Bay Resistance, Tech Workers Coalition, Service Employees International Union, San Francisco Rising, and the San Francisco Labor Council. A large orange sign read “Drop the ICE contract.” Multiple people dressed in cardboard robot costumes waved cardboard scythes around. Signs read “No killer robots for ICE,” “People over AI,” “Where is your moral codex?” and “No climate destruction.”
The protest reflects a bipartisan movement led by people opposing the power concentration in the AI industry, as well as the lack of government regulation. Organizations like QuitGPT have led boycotts, while in extreme cases, individuals have attempted to attack AI CEOs at their own homes. The protests also come at a time when trust in AI appears low. In recent months AI labs have come under fire for hacks by “rogue” systems that accessed competitors’ networks and individuals’ personal data.