‘Pull the plug’: protesters resort to direct action against AI firms

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center · Published: Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:00:04 GMT

Campaign groups report surge in membership after a spate of AI safety alerts and apocalyptic warningsIn a bar below Waterloo Bridge, a cell of a fast-growing anti-AI protest movement met last week to plot their latest move: disrupting a tech industry dinner being addressed by a senior executive from the chip maker Nvidia.Emma, a 28-year-old bartender, had never before taken direct action and was the most nervous of the four plotters from Pull The Plug, one of a growing number of AI-focused campaign groups around the world. Continue reading...

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