{"id":8792,"date":"2026-02-13T18:07:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/boycott-chatpgpt-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T18:07:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:07:51","slug":"boycott-chatpgpt-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/boycott-chatpgpt-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign Urges Users to Quit ChatGPT Over OpenAI\u2019s Support for Trump and ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It isn\u2019t exactly big news that big tech is in deep with the US government. Days after Trump\u2019s inauguration last year, execs including OpenAI\u2019s Sam Altman flocked to the Oval Office<\/a> to announce a $500 billion AI infrastructure project \u2014 and they\u2019ve remained deeply sycophantic<\/a> ever since.<\/p>\n

Now that obsequiousness could be coming back to haunt them. As reported by MIT Technology Review<\/em><\/a>, activists critical of the Trump administration and the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement have started a campaign called QuitGPT, urging regular users to ditch OpenAI\u2019s chatbot for good.<\/p>\n

So far, the campaign boasts over 700,000 supporters of the boycott. The QuitGPT website lists a few different ways to participate: quitting ChatGPT outright, cancelling paid subscriptions, and spreading the word about the boycott with others on social media.<\/p>\n

As for why, the activists behind the boycott point to OpenAI\u2019s incredibly tight relationship with the Trump administration. As QuitGPT notes, OpenAI president Greg Brockman famously donated $25 million<\/a> to a Trump Super PAC in 2025, while ICE uses an AI tool powered by ChatGPT<\/a> for recruitment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re cozying up to Trump while ICE is killing Americans and the Department of Justice is trying to take over elections,\u201d the QuitGPT organizers write on their website. \u201cChatGPT enables mental-health crises through sycophancy and dependence by replacing human relationships with AI girlfriends\/boyfriends. Many employees have quit OpenAI because of its leadership\u2019s lies, deception and recklessness.\u201d<\/p>\n

For freelance software developer Alfred Stephen, Brockman\u2019s donation to Trump\u2019s political action committee was what urged him to join the boycott.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s really the straw that broke the camel\u2019s back,\u201d Stephen told Tech Review<\/em>. When he cancelled his $20 a month subscription, a customer feedback survey appeared asking what OpenAI could do to keep his business. \u201cDon\u2019t support the fascist regime,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

More on ChatGPT: <\/strong>OpenAI Fires Top Safety Exec Who Opposed ChatGPT\u2019s \u201cAdult Mode\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The post Campaign Urges Users to Quit ChatGPT Over OpenAI\u2019s Support for Trump and ICE<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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