Protesters Challenge OpenAI Over Pentagon Contract

About 40–50 protesters joined a QuitGPT demonstration outside OpenAI's San Francisco headquarters on Tuesday opposing the company's recently announced Pentagon contract. Sam Altman posted an internal memo revising the deal with explicit safeguards, including bans on surveilling US persons and intelligence use without modification. Protesters cited data-center environmental impacts, wealth inequality, and cultural harms, signaling reputational risk and shifting support to rivals.