Dozens Rally Outside Dreamforce Over AI Risks

A few dozen demonstrators marched from OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters to Anthropic and then City Hall during the final day of Dreamforce, urging officials and tech companies to slow the development of artificial intelligence. Organizers with Stop the AI Race called for internationally agreed limits and warned about rogue AI agents, hacking incidents and the possibility of systems escaping human control. The protest unfolded near Salesforce’s conference, which drew more than 40,000 attendees and showcased AI’s commercial applications, highlighting the divide between enthusiasm for the technology and public concern about its risks. Organizers said they hope bipartisan political pressure—including from people around current President Donald Trump—will support stronger safeguards, while turnout was substantially smaller than at a larger anti-AI demonstration in July. Public unease appears broader than the protest, with one cited survey finding that a majority of U.S. adults feel more concern than excitement about AI’s expanding role in daily life.