Michaël Trazzi
Founder, Stop the AI Race
Michaël Trazzi is the founder of the Stop the AI Race movement. He organizes protests outside AI labs — including a 2026 march from OpenAI to Anthropic to San Francisco City Hall — and calls on AI company employees to quit their jobs over the risks of the technology they are building.
Key arguments & positions
- Argues AI companies are risking lives to push a technology they cannot control, and calls on their employees to quit.
Accomplishments
- Founded the Stop the AI Race movement.
- Organized a 2026 protest march from OpenAI to Anthropic to San Francisco City Hall.
Papers & key writings
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