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- 200 protesters marched between the offices of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind.
- Organizers have also called on local AI companies to hold off on training more powerful models.
- Exhibitors cited concerns about AI security, job losses, energy use, and housing.
Protesters also took to the streets of San Francisco, marching between the offices of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind, calling for a pause in the development of super-powerful AI.
Saturday’s show, organized by Stop the AI Raceit went through AI defenses including concerns about job losses, the damage to the AI environment, rising housing costs in San Francisco, and the growing influence of big tech companies.
Organized by former AI researcher Michaël Trazzi, the march called on leading AI companies to stop training new frontier AI models while maintaining existing systems. Demonstrators urged companies to lead research into AI security until stronger safeguards are in place, while other demonstrators also called for stronger local and state laws.
Trazzi said the group’s goals have changed since they began protesting in March.
“I think at the beginning of this year I wasn’t thinking about raising politics as much as I was thinking about satisfying CEOs,” Trazzi said. Decrypt. “I think I’ve changed the way CEOs are listening, based on a lot of blog posts and an exchange I had with one of them. I also think that protesting is a way to show that people care.”
The show follows the previous Stop the AI Race protests in March, where about 200 people walked between the offices of Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI to invite the first step in the development of AI. Since then, the group has continued its campaign through demonstrations and publicity.
Trazzi said he has been encouraged by the support the group has attracted since then.
“I was surprised that the NUHW (National Union of Healthcare Workers) accepted the protest and posted it on their social media page,” he said. “I was also surprised by how quickly other Bay Area groups, like AI Action, stepped up and worked with us. I’m also very grateful to QuitGPT for helping to fix this.”
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind did not immediately respond to requests for comment Decrypt.
Organizers said they plan to continue to push for a global moratorium on AI development while urging lawmakers to strictly monitor advanced AI practices.
The announcement comes as concerns about AI security continue to come under scrutiny.
In May, OpenAI be explained ChatGPT’s new security features designed to better recognize signs of self-harm and chat violence have come as the company has faced lawsuits and investigations into alleged misbehavior of its chatbots.
In June, the administration of Donald Trump he ordered Anthropic stops access to Claude Fable 5 and Claude Legend 5 examples of cybersecurity risks. Earlier this month, the United Nations’ first independent panel on AI he finished that scientists cannot prevent “serious harm” as AI technology advances faster than scientific understanding and government control.
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