# Activists in AI Agent Costumes Enter OpenAI's Bellevue Lobby as Protests Spread Beyond San Francisco

The demonstration followed arrests at OpenAI's Washington lobbying office days earlier, and came as Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei attributed public hostility to a crisis of trust.

- Published: 2026-08-17T06:18:43.890Z
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Demonstrators dressed as rogue AI agents entered the lobby of OpenAI's downtown Bellevue office on Friday morning carrying balloons before building security removed them. Local reporting identified the action as "No OpenAI Expansion," organ…

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