Humans First, a conservative activist group, brought its “AI Data Center Revolt” bus to Anthropic’s San Francisco headquarters on Monday, Oct. 6, after a more than 8,000-mile, five-week tour with over 35 community stops. The group also visited OpenAI, Google, Meta and Nvidia. Chair Amy Kremer said the campaign opposes companies building billions of dollars of AI infrastructure without residents’ input.

Founded this year as a coalition of left- and right-wing activists concerned that technology companies were limiting public influence over AI, Humans First has since become a conservative-only effort. It calls for stronger guardrails on data center construction and AI. Senior adviser Kylie Jane Kremer said the group is “not anti-AI,” “not anti-tech” and “not even anti-data center”; its position is that AI development and the infrastructure buildout should prioritize Americans and benefit communities hosting data centers.

The group’s 13-point Data Center Policy calls for community control over data center planning, rejects data centers’ role in raising electricity prices and opposes using U.S. data centers for unconstitutional surveillance. Kremer said people at rallies have increasingly raised concerns about AI’s existential risks, beyond immediate local effects such as water use. She spoke Sunday at an AI gathering in Berkeley about conservative approaches to mitigating those risks, while saying she disagreed with conference participants who considered machine consciousness or a soul possible.

Humans First pointed to Jonesburg, Missouri, in a county of 12,000 people, where Google and Amazon have announced a combined $25 billion in data center investments over the coming years. Kremer said residents there faced a “David-versus-Goliath” challenge. Her husband said she had received death threats, including from people strongly supportive of AI. A gravel road in Wakarusa, Kansas, was impassable for the bus, so the group asked nearby homeowners to host a rally.

Kremer also criticized President Donald Trump’s support for data centers and AI as an economic boon, including his description of AI as a “golden goose.” She blamed technology investors for promoting pro-AI policies with fewer guardrails, while saying she did not expect a warm welcome from the companies the tour visited. Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request for comment. At the end of the San Francisco stop, the group said it planned to cross the Golden Gate Bridge to film promotional video, concluding its cross-country tour.

Humans First, a conservative activist group, brought its “AI Data Center Revolt” bus to Anthropic’s San Francisco headquarters on Monday, Oct. 6, after a more than 8,000-mile, five-week tour with over 35 community stops. The group also visited OpenAI, Google, Meta and Nvidia. Chair Amy Kremer said the campaign opposes companies building billions of dollars of AI infrastructure without residents’ input.

Founded this year as a coalition of left- and right-wing activists concerned that technology companies were limiting public influence over AI, Humans First has since become a conservative-only effort. It calls for stronger guardrails on data center construction and AI. Senior adviser Kylie Jane Kremer said the group is “not anti-AI,” “not anti-tech” and “not even anti-data center”; its position is that AI development and the infrastructure buildout should prioritize Americans and benefit communities hosting data centers.

The group’s 13-point Data Center Policy calls for community control over data center planning, rejects data centers’ role in raising electricity prices and opposes using U.S. data centers for unconstitutional surveillance. Kremer said people at rallies have increasingly raised concerns about AI’s existential risks, beyond immediate local effects such as water use. She spoke Sunday at an AI gathering in Berkeley about conservative approaches to mitigating those risks, while saying she disagreed with conference participants who considered machine consciousness or a soul possible.

Humans First pointed to Jonesburg, Missouri, in a county of 12,000 people, where Google and Amazon have announced a combined $25 billion in data center investments over the coming years. Kremer said residents there faced a “David-versus-Goliath” challenge. Her husband said she had received death threats, including from people strongly supportive of AI. A gravel road in Wakarusa, Kansas, was impassable for the bus, so the group asked nearby homeowners to host a rally.

Kremer also criticized President Donald Trump’s support for data centers and AI as an economic boon, including his description of AI as a “golden goose.” She blamed technology investors for promoting pro-AI policies with fewer guardrails, while saying she did not expect a warm welcome from the companies the tour visited. Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request for comment. At the end of the San Francisco stop, the group said it planned to cross the Golden Gate Bridge to film promotional video, concluding its cross-country tour.