AI Zillionaires Are Starting to Get Scared as the Public Turns Against Them

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ByFrank Landymore

More in Ethics

[![Image 7: The AI backlash is particularly apparent among Gen Z, a demographic that's at the epicenter of the industry's push for AI adoption.](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/gen-z-turning-against-ai.jpg?quality=85&w=768)](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/gen-z-turning-against-ai)

Gen Z Is Turning Against AI in an Incredible Way

[![Image 8: The public outrage over the tech industry's obsession with AI is starting to boil over — and the pitchforks are starting to come out.](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/signs-massive-ai-backlash.jpg?quality=85&w=768)](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/signs-massive-ai-backlash)

There Are Signs of a Massive AI Backlash

![Image 9: A photograph of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-going-public-ethics)

Anthropic

If You Think AI Companies Are Unethical Now, Wait Until They Go Public

[![Image 10: Family of the victims speak to press after hearing the verdict outside the Los Angeles Superior Court during one of the coordinated lawsuits alleging that Meta and YouTube are designed to hook young users and cause them a variety of negative mental health effects, including strangling themselves and developing eating disorders, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA.](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/meta-court-defeat-ai-industry.jpg?quality=85&w=768)](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-court-defeat-ai-industry)

Meta’s Big Court Defeat Has Huge Implications for Lawsuits Against the AI Industry

ByMaggie Harrison Dupré

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You Can Now Get a Religious Exemption From Using AI at Work

[![Image 12: A man in a green suit and blue shirt is laughing with a cigar in his mouth, sitting in an office setting. Beside him, there is a large, close-up image of another man with wide eyes and a tense expression, biting his nails nervously. The overall color tone is greenish, giving a dramatic and intense atmosphere.](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ai-perception-underclass.jpg?quality=85&w=768)](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-perception-underclass)

[Ordinary People Fear AI, While the Tech Leaders Working to Create a Permanent Underclass Say They’re Extremely Psyched About It](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-perception-underclass)

[![Image 13: A person wearing a blue hoodie and a gray cap with a yellow "M" holds a protest sign that reads "BIG TECH BILLIONAIRES: HANDS OFF MICHIGAN NOW" with two red handprints and a red underline. Another person in a gray jacket and blue beanie stands in the background holding a partially visible sign. The scene appears to be outdoors in a city with some snow on the ground.](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/data-center-openai-residents.jpg?quality=85&w=768)](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-center-openai-residents)

[Residents Furious After Their Town Board Rejected an OpenAI Data Center, But a Billionaire Developer Forced It Through Anyway](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-center-openai-residents)

[![Image 14: Bernie Sanders is speaking passionately into a microphone, with his mouth open and one hand raised. He is wearing a dark jacket and a sweater underneath. The image has a strong red lighting effect.](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/data-center-rage.jpg?quality=85&w=768)](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/data-center-rage)

Americans’ Anger Against AI Data Centers Is Boiling Over

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Artificial Intelligence

AI CEOs Baffled by Hatred of Their Technology

ByMaggie Harrison Dupré

[![Image 16: Workers in China say their bosses are directing them to painstakingly document their workflows to train AI agents that could replace them.](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/chinese-workers-horrified-bosses-train-ai-replacements.jpg?quality=85&w=768)](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chinese-workers-train-ai-replacements)

Chinese Workers Horrified as Bosses Direct Them to Train Their AI Replacements

[![Image 17: A man wearing a light blue polo shirt is speaking on stage with a microphone headset. He is gesturing with his right hand extended forward and his left hand partially raised. The background features a blue and purple grid-like pattern with illuminated horizontal light bars.](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ai-ken-sim-vancouver-work.jpg?quality=85&w=768)](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-ken-sim-vancouver-work)

Mayor Eats His Words After Admitting He’s Delegating Work to 11 AI Agents

ByKrystle Vermes

[![Image 18: A digital art piece combining the Chinese flag with a humanoid figure. The image is stylized with horizontal lines and glitch-like effects, blending the red background and yellow stars of the flag with the soldier's face and helmet. The overall color scheme is dominated by red and yellow tones.](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/china-ai-race-stanford.jpg?quality=85&w=768)](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/china-ai-race-stanford)

Machine Learning

China Is Starting to Pull Ahead of US in AI Race

[![Image 19: Donald Trump standing behind a wooden podium, speaking into a microphone in a formal setting with an audience in the background. The image has a stylized, high-contrast effect with a blue and orange color tone.](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ai-workers-pentagon-anthropic.jpg?quality=85&w=768)](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-workers-pentagon-anthropic)

AI Workers, and Even CEOs, Suddenly Turning Against the Trump Administration

[![Image 20: A human hand and a robotic hand are positioned over a white keyboard. The background features a bright orange grid pattern with a large yellow circle behind the keyboard. The image highlights the contrast between human and artificial intelligence working together.](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/union-labor-ai-bernie.jpg?quality=85&w=768)](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/union-labor-ai-bernie)

Unions Attack AI for Menacing Human Jobs

[![Image 21: A stylized portrait of Sam Altman wearing large, white-framed sunglasses. The image has an orange tint on Altman's face and a bright yellow circular background behind his head. The surrounding background is gray with colorful question marks in red, green, purple, and orange scattered throughout.](https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/tech-ceo-ai-hate.jpg?quality=85&w=768)](https://futurism.com/future-society/tech-ceo-ai-hate)

The Industrialists

Tech CEOs Confused by Why Everybody Hates AI So Much