AI protesters rally outside Dreamforce, tech CEOs downplay concerns
A handful of activists marched from OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters to Anthropic and then to City Hall on Thursday, demanding that local officials declare an emergency over artificial intelligence. The protest, which coincided with Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference that attracted more than 40,000 attendees, drew only a few dozen participants. Organizer Hunter Glenn of Stop the AI Race…
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- A few dozen protesters marched from OpenAI to Anthropic and City Hall demanding an AI emergency declaration.
- Organizers cite recent calls from U.S. labs and politicians for an international AI treaty.
- NVIDIA and Meta CEOs argue safety guardrails should be industry‑driven, not regulator‑driven.
The protest echoes earlier warnings from former researchers Jacob Coxon, who left Anthropic and OpenAI over fears of runaway AI, and Bilal Chughtai, a former DeepMind scientist, who posted that AI could “kill us all.” Defenders of the technology, including NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, argued that safety guardrails should come from companies themselves, not regulators, and that labs have incentives to keep their models safe.
The clash highlights a growing tension between AI safety advocates and industry leaders as the technology accelerates, with the upcoming visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping adding geopolitical urgency to the debate.
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nypost.com · 17 September 2026
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