{"slug": "the-first-anti-ai-protester-to-be-jailed-has-a-message-for-openai-anthropic-and", "title": "The first anti-AI protester to be jailed has a message for OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta: ‘Regain your humanity’", "summary": "Wynd Kaufman, 69, surrendered to authorities in San Francisco on Friday after a jury found her guilty for her role in chaining and locking the front doors of OpenAI's headquarters last year with the group StopAI, making her believed to be the first person jailed for protesting against artificial intelligence. Kaufman's supporters have dubbed her the 'Rosa Parks of AI risk,' and she has a message for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta: 'Regain your humanity.'", "body_md": "# The first anti-AI protester to be jailed has a message for OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta: ‘Regain your humanity’\n\nBy Robert BoothSource:\n\n[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)Wynd Kaufman, 69, chained and locked the front doors of [OpenAI](/glossary/openai)’s headquarters last year with members of StopAI\n\nAn activist who blocked the entrance to one of the world’s biggest AI companies is believed to have become the first person jailed for protesting against [artificial intelligence](/glossary/artificial-intelligence) as supporters dub her the “Rosa Parks of AI risk”.\n\nWynd Kaufman, 69, surrendered herself on Friday to authorities in San Francisco. She was found guilty by a jury for her role in an action last year that saw members of the group StopAI chain and lock the front doors of OpenAI’s headquarters in protest against the pursuit of artificial superintelligence.\n\n[Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/california-openai-protester-wynd-kaufman)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-first-anti-ai-protester-to-be-jailed-has-a-message-for-openai-anthropic-and", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/the-first-anti-ai-protester-to-be-jailed-has-a-message-for-o-wfm7", "published_at": "2026-08-16 08:00:20+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-16 09:41:17.569379+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Wynd Kaufman", "StopAI", "OpenAI", "Anthropic", "Meta", "Rosa Parks"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-first-anti-ai-protester-to-be-jailed-has-a-message-for-openai-anthropic-and", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-first-anti-ai-protester-to-be-jailed-has-a-message-for-openai-anthropic-and.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-first-anti-ai-protester-to-be-jailed-has-a-message-for-openai-anthropic-and.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-first-anti-ai-protester-to-be-jailed-has-a-message-for-openai-anthropic-and.jsonld"}}