Anti-AI protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam
Source: Business Insider ·
Activists scaled the fences of a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam and unfurled anti-AI banners.
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Protesters climbed the fence of a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam.Koen Van WEEL / ANP / AFP via Getty ImagesProtesters have broken into a Microsoft Amsterdam data center construction site and unfurled anti-AI banners.The activist group Geef Tegengas said it had organized the protest. The protest highlights that the rising backlash against data centers isn't just a US issue. Protesters broke into a Microsoft data center construction site on the outskirts of Amsterdam on Friday during an anti-AI demonstration.Images on social media show activists scaling fences and congregating inside the construction site. Some of them climbed a crane, unfurled a banner with an anti-AI message, and let off flares. Geef Tegengas, a Dutch activist collective, said on social media that it organized the action and that hundreds of its supporters were blocking construction of the site.Protesters climbed a crane and attached a banner with an anti-AI message.Koen Van WEEL / ANP / AFP via…
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