Protesters marched through San Francisco’s AI hub on Saturday, demanding a conditional pause on the development of dangerous frontier models. The demonstration, organized by Stop the AI Race founder Michael Trazzi, involved roughly 200 participants and targeted the offices of Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI.
Activists marched from Anthropic to OpenAI and xAI offices in San Francisco, calling on those companies to pause development of new frontier AI models. The protest, organized by Michael Trazzi, included about 200 participants from various advocacy groups.
Participants aimed to push AI companies to agree to a coordinated pause in building more powerful models. Trazzi stated the goal was to have companies shift work toward safety if other major labs “credibly do the same.”
The protest is part of ongoing opposition to rapid AI advancement. In March 2023, the Future of Life Institute published an open letter demanding a moratorium, which has garnered over 33,000 signatures.
Trazzi previously staged a week-long hunger strike outside Google DeepMind‘s London offices. He argued that the current competitive race leads to shortcuts on safety, creating systems that cannot be controlled.
Government frameworks, such as one recently published by the Trump Administration, frame AI development as a commitment to “winning the AI race.” Trazzi countered that international coordination on a pause, potentially verified by limiting computing power for training, would benefit everyone.
