October 5, 2026, New York, New York, USA: The Stop Funding Billionaires Coalition of community and climate organizations demonstrate at City Hall ahead of a City Council hearing on the dangers of AI with representatives from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Meta. Attendees hold signs that read ‘STOP FUNDING BILLIONAIRES’ ‘UNPLUG AI’ ‘WE CAN’T DRINK DATA’ ‘STOP DATA CENTERS FOOD and WATER WATCH.’ Protesters call for the Council to regulate the technology and ‘Listen to New Yorkers, Not Billionaires. (Credit Image: © Gina M Randazzo/ZUMA Press Wire)
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