Protesters gather at OpenAI’s DevDay
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Visible protests at a developer conference put social license and labor concerns directly into the AI product narrative. Leaders rolling out agents and automation should expect stakeholder pushback—not just on jobs, but on data centers, energy, and governance—and build engagement plans alongside technical roadmaps.
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