{"id":7863,"date":"2026-09-29T21:23:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7863"},"modified":"2026-09-29T21:23:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:23:29","slug":"openai-sam-altman-openai-devday-protests-ice-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7863","title":{"rendered":"Protesters gather at OpenAI\u2019s DevDay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">On Tuesday, OpenAI\u2019s annual DevDay event began with protests, flyers, and chants. \u201cSam Altman, get off it, put people over profit,\u201d said a group of protesters marching in a circle in front of a series of signs that spelled out \u201cPEOPLE OVER PROFIT.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">More than a dozen organizations came together to sponsor a rally outside the entrance to the event venue at San Francisco\u2019s 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 \u201cDrop the ICE contract.\u201d Multiple people dressed in cardboard robot costumes waved cardboard scythes around. Signs read \u201cNo killer robots for ICE,\u201d \u201cPeople over AI,\u201d \u201cWhere is your moral codex?\u201d and \u201cNo climate destruction.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/910890\/openai-sam-altman-second-home-attack-shooting\">attack AI CEOs<\/a> at their own homes. The protests also come at a time when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/780184\/pew-research-americans-want-ai-out-of-their-personal-lives\">trust in AI<\/a> appears low. In recent months AI labs have come under fire for hacks by \u201crogue\u201d systems that accessed competitors\u2019 networks and individuals\u2019 personal data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Protesters at DevDay were mostly targeting OpenAI\u2019s military and government contracts, particularly with ICE, as well as data centers\u2019 environmental impact and the industry\u2019s power more generally. Outside the DevDay event, protesters\u2019 chants included \u201cOpenAI, you can\u2019t hide, we charge you with genocide\u201d; \u201cNot another sequence, not another line, no more coding for ICE crimes\u201d; and \u201cWhen I say people, you say power. People. Power! People. Power!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">One flyer that protesters gave out called for people to \u201csign the democracy pledge &amp; end ICE + military contracts,\u201d with a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/quitgpt.org\">QuitGPT.org<\/a>. \u201cOpenAI is building tools for Trump &amp; ICE violence while top executives are helping bankroll MAGA\u2019s political power,\u201d the flyer stated. Another flyer showed \u201csafe distances\u201d from data centers, implying that the only safe distance is more than 100 miles away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">At one point, someone with a loudspeaker addressed OpenAI employees directly, leading protesters in a song: \u201cIt\u2019s okay to change your mind; show us the courage, leave this behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">A protest leader told onlookers that the group would stay until Altman arrived to start the opening keynote. When Altman\u2019s name was mentioned, it was met with booing. One person yelled, \u201cFascist!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/1002201\/openai-sam-altman-openai-devday-protests-ice-data-centers\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, OpenAI\u2019s annual DevDay event began with protests, flyers, and chants. \u201cSam Altman, get off it, put people over profit,\u201d said a group of protesters marching in a circle in front of a series of signs that spelled out \u201cPEOPLE OVER PROFIT.\u201d More than a dozen organizations came together to sponsor a rally outside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31,78,126],"class_list":["post-7863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-ai","tag-openai","tag-report"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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