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Protesters gathered at an NHS conference in Manchester to oppose Palantir's $440 million contract with the UK National Health Service, citing concerns over data privacy, national security, and the company's political ties.
A protest in Times Square featured a massive effigy of Elon Musk to protest Grok's alleged generation of child sexual abuse images, organized by Safe AI Now ahead of SpaceX's IPO.
The AI boom is fueling a rise in anti-technology extremism and protests, including planned attacks on OpenAI and data centers, as experts warn that unregulated AI development and existential threat narratives are driving political violence.
Protesters at Apple's WWDC are calling on the company to ban apps like Grok that enable nonconsensual deepfakes, and to remove child sexual abuse material from iCloud.
Contract workers at Covalen, a company that provides content moderation and data labeling for Meta's AI products, protest layoffs outside Meta's Dublin office, demanding improved severance packages and an end to a six-month cooldown period.
US law enforcement agencies are circulating reports warning of 'anti-tech extremism' as protests against AI and data centers grow. The documents, obtained by WIRED, indicate a national shift to surveil this new category of activity under Trump administration directives.
London's Metropolitan Police will deploy live facial recognition at a protest for the first time, scanning faces of attendees amid controversy over selective enforcement and privacy concerns.
A protest is taking place at Meta offices in the USA over the company's use of mouse tracking for AI data collection, following previous reports on the practice.