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

What happened

Campaign groups report surge in membership after a spate of AI safety alerts and apocalyptic warnings In 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 o…

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1. 06:00
   First appeared on The Guardian WorldGThe Guardian World
2. 07:46
   Discussion started on Hacker NewsHHacker News

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