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AI protesters rally outside Dreamforce conference in San Francisco as tech bosses shrug off fears

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Gaus, A. (2026, September 17). AI protesters rally outside Dreamforce conference in San Francisco as tech bosses shrug off fears. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/17/tech/ai-critics-rally-outside-dreamforce-in-san-francisco/

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On Thursday in San Francisco, AI critics protested outside the Dreamforce conference, marching from OpenAI’s headquarters to Anthropic’s offices before heading to City Hall with calls for local officials to declare an emergency over AI safety concerns. Though a few dozen protesters attended, tech CEOs like NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg dismissed these fears as overly alarmist, arguing that companies can implement necessary safeguards without regulatory intervention.

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Dozens of protesters marched through San Francisco on September 17, targeting OpenAI and Anthropic, two leading artificial intelligence firms, calling for a halt to the rapid advancement of AI technology. The protest was part of an effort by activists from Stop the AI Race to raise awareness about potential risks posed by runaway AI agents, such as threats to human survival. Protesters urged employees at both companies to resign and advocate for internationally agreed-upon limits on AI development until stronger safety measures are in place. The demonstration coincided with the massive Dreamforce tech conference, which drew over 40,000 attendees this week, yet garnered only limited attention from tech CEOs attending the event. Protesters also called upon local officials at City Hall to declare an AI state of emergency, emphasizing their concerns about the lack of government regulation and the urgent need for international cooperation on AI safety standards.

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AI critics took to San Francisco streets Thursday to call for action on the rapidly advancing technology, but their protest drew only a small crowd as some tech CEOs shrugged off rising alarm about creepy incidents involving rogue agents. asserted

CEOs → take → agents

A few dozen protesters marched from OpenAI’s headquarters in San Francisco to Anthropic — adjacent to the massive Dreamforce tech conference that drew more than 40,000 attendees this week — before making their way to City Hall to demand local officials declare an emergency over AI. asserted

officials → march → AI

“I was pretty scared about the possibility of extinction for awhile,” said Hunter Glenn, an organizer with Stop the AI Race. asserted

Glenn → say → Race

The protesters called upon employees at OpenAI and Anthropic, both based in San Francisco, to quit their jobs and work towards internationally agreed-upon limits on the technology as researchers raise concerns about the possibility of runaway AI agents wreaking havoc on society. asserted

agents → call → society

Glenn said he sees AI safety as a bipartisan issue and hopes people around President Donald Trump can convince him to create an international AI treaty ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned visit to Washington, DC on Sept. 24. “Five days ago, all the big US labs and Bernie Sanders got together to call for a treaty,” he said. asserted

he → say → treaty

“We want all of humanity to be safe,” Glenn added. asserted

Glenn → want → humanity

Concerns about rapidly advancing AI technology exploded to the forefront this month when Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at Anthropic at OpenAI, quit his role over fears that the tech could break free of human control and ultimately cause exctinction. uncertain

tech → advance → exctinction

Bilal Chughtai, another top researcher formerly with Google’s DeepMind, wrote Monday of his profound concerns about the technology’s trajectory. “I earnestly believe that AI has the potential to kill us all, and that we might be running out of time to avoid this outcome,” Chughtai wrote in posts on X and LinkedIn. uncertain

Chughtai → write → X

Others, however, have dismissed those concerns as alarmist. asserted

Others → dismiss → concerns

The tech’s defenders include NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, who argued that guardrails should come from the companies instead of regulators. asserted

guardrails → include → companies

“It’s a false choice,” Huang told Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff at Dreamforce Wednesday, referring to development speed versus safety. asserted

Huang → ’ → safety

“You could definitely have both at the same time.” uncertain

You → have → time

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed on X that AI labs have an “incentive” to keep their tech safe, also citing liability for harms. “Every lab has the responsibility and incentive to move at the pace required to train its models safely, and the ability to take its own actions to ensure that happens,” he wrote. asserted

he → claim → actions

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