{"id":24377,"date":"2026-09-07T17:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T17:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/24377\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T17:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T17:31:14","slug":"robots-march-in-warsaw-to-demand-ai-rules-worker-protection-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/24377\/","title":{"rendered":"Robots March in Warsaw to Demand AI Rules, Worker Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788802274_981_6a9ef0c30da316f0019.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            About 30 robots marched through the streets of Warsaw on Monday, waving flags and \u201cchanting\u201d slogans as they called for stronger regulation of artificial intelligence and robotisation.\n        <\/p>\n<p>The demonstration was organised by Democratism, an initiative seeking to promote debate about how AI and robotics could affect the labour market.<\/p>\n<p>The robots, ranging from bipedal humanoids to dog-like machines, carried out a simulated protest outside Poland\u2019s Digital Affairs Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefend workplaces,\u201d \u201cTime for rules\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t wait, regulate\u201d were played through loudspeakers during the demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>One of the humanoid robots, Agibot A3, told AFP that the machines were there to show that AI-powered robotics was already becoming a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Organiser Grzegorz Kulis said the protest was aimed particularly at the potential replacement of human workers by humanoid robots and artificial intelligence in jobs involving cognitive tasks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we don\u2019t react now, we may soon have a problem,\u201d Kulis said, calling for regulations that would protect workers as the technology develops.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration attracted the attention of passers-by and also drew Poland\u2019s Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski, who spoke with Kulis at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Gawkowski said uncontrolled AI models integrated into humanoid robots could become a major concern as robotisation continues to advance.<\/p>\n<p>Kulis, who works as a chief information officer at a robotics company and heads an employment agency, said the organisers felt a responsibility to raise public awareness about rapid technological changes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese robots can already move around freely, they\u2019re already \u2018protesting\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The protest comes as Poland moves to implement the European Union\u2019s AI Act, which establishes rules for the development and use of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Polish President Karol Nawrocki signed legislation establishing a national authority to enforce the EU regulations already in force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About 30 robots marched through the streets of Warsaw on Monday, waving flags and \u201cchanting\u201d slogans as they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14932,6734,876,14931,14930,192,45],"class_list":["post-24377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-warsaw","tag-conversation","tag-current-affairs","tag-football","tag-lets-talk","tag-nigeria-info-fm","tag-sports","tag-warsaw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}