More than 50 protesters rallied outside a San Francisco AI company on Wednesday afternoon against Silicon Valley’s growing involvement in war and global conflict .
“No boots on the ground, no bombs in the air! U.S. out of everywhere!” the protesters chanted.
Their target, Scale AI, landed a multimillion-dollar contract with the Defense Department this year to prototype Thunderforge , a project designed to integrate AI agents into military planning and operations. The software is expected to be tested in the Philippines, where the activists further claim that Scale AI profits from exploiting low-wage data workers.
But the protesters argue Scale AI is just one of many AI companies, including Palantir , Anduril , and SpaceX, that are increasingly focused on profiting from U.S. impe