Climate protesters target tech companies and AI infrastructure in New York
Climate protesters gathered outside OpenAI offices in Manhattan during climate week, then picketed Google and Amazon locations over the following two days. Demonstrators also disrupted a closed-door AI health summit, where some protesters, including clergy, were arrested, and planned to target a Brooklyn gas power plant purchased to supply AI data centers.
Climate protesters gathered outside the unmarked Manhattan offices of OpenAI on Monday during climate week in New York City. They held signs reading “Eat the rich, save the planet.”
Over the next two days, groups picketed outside the offices of Google and Amazon. Other protesters, including clergy, were arrested while disrupting a closed-door AI health summit in the city.
Protesters also planned to target a Brooklyn gas power plant that had been set to close until it was purchased to power AI data centers.
The demonstrations followed an Anthropic employee’s resignation and warning that people building AI believed it could kill everyone by the end of the decade.
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