The world's first person jailed for anti-AI calls on OpenAI and Anthropic to "rediscover their humanity". He was sentenced to 14 days in prison for blocking OpenAI's headquarters

IT House reported on August 16 that Wynd Kaufman is a retired teacher and AI opponent from Berkeley, California, USA. She was sentenced to 14 days in prison for participating in a protest that blocked the entrance to OpenAI's San Francisco headquarters in February 2025. She surrendered to the police on August 14, 2026, local time, and was officially imprisoned to serve her sentence. She is believed to be the first protester to be imprisoned for opposing AI. According to multiple media reports, she is 69 years old and a member of the anti-AI organization "StopAI", which aims to protest the blind pursuit of super artificial intelligence. On February 22, 2025, she and other protesters came to OpenAI’s office on Third Street in San Francisco, wrapped a chain around the front door and locked it with a lock, and then staged a sit-in protest in front of the door. After the police arrived, they informed the protesters that the area was private and allowed them to move to a nearby public sidewalk to continue their protest, but Kaufmyn and others refused to leave. In June, she was found guilty of obstructing a business, trespassing with intent to obstruct a business, unlawful assembly and refusing to disperse in a riotous situation. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said the jury's verdict showed that protesters cannot endanger public safety as a means to achieve their demands. On June 22, the court sentenced him to 14 days in prison and to stay at least 20 yards away from the OpenAI headquarters in the future (IT Home Note: about 18.3 meters). Due to California's jail credit rule, her actual jail time was seven days after deducting time already in custody. She began serving her sentence on August 14, local time. She argued for a "necessity defense" during the trial, arguing that her actions were to prevent OpenAI from continuing to advance artificial intelligence projects that could cause greater harm. Kaufman said in an interview before he was jailed that it was "unacceptable and reprehensible" for tech CEOs and AI experts to "know the dangers and still push forward." she calls herself