Photography by Manuel Orbegozo
Outside OpenAI’s Mission Bay headquarters, a group of more than 100 people gathered on Saturday around noon with homemade signs and practiced rallying cries in front of large banners that read “QuitGPT” and “Stop The AI Race.”
The protest was billed as “Freeze AI on Slushy Day,” in a call to slow down the rapid development of artificial intelligence by Bay Area companies. The theme was a reference to the convenience store 7-Eleven’s annual free slurpee day promotion…