# Protesters gather at OpenAI's DevDay

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> **Original Source**: [The Verge AI](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1002201/openai-sam-altman-openai-devday-protests-ice-data-centers)
> **Author**: Hayden Field (undefined)
> **Published Date**: Tuesday, September 29, 2026
> **Category**: INDUSTRY
> **Tags**: News, The Verge AI, AI

## Executive Summary
On Tuesday, OpenAI's annual DevDay event began with protests, flyers, and chants. "Sam Altman, get off it, put people over profit," said a group of protesters marching in a circle in front of a series of signs that spelled out "PEOPLE OVER PROFIT." More than a



## Full Coverage
Data centers, ICE contracts, and more were under fire at a rally around the event

On Tuesday, OpenAI's annual DevDay event began with protests, flyers, and chants. "Sam Altman, get off it, put people over profit," said a group of protesters marching in a circle in front of a series of signs that spelled out "PEOPLE OVER PROFIT."

More than a dozen organizations came together to sponsor a rally outside the entrance to the event venue at San Francisco's Fort Mason, including Bay Resistance, Tech Workers Coalition, Service Employees International Union, San Francisco Rising, and the San Francisco Labor Council. A large orange sign read "Drop the ICE contract." Multiple people dressed in cardboard robot costumes waved cardboard scythes around. Signs read "No killer robots for ICE," "People over AI," "Where is your moral codex?" and "No climate destruction."

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