{"id":24481,"date":"2026-09-08T11:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/24481\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T11:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:51:12","slug":"defend-workplaces-protesting-robots-take-to-warsaw-streets-to-demand-ai-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/24481\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Defend workplaces\u2019: Protesting robots take to Warsaw streets to demand AI regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/waving-flags-chanting-slogans-and-marching-in-circles.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Defend workplaces\u2019: Protesting robots take to Warsaw streets to demand AI regulation\" title=\"Waving flags, \u201cchanting\u201d slogans and marching in circles:\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Waving flags, \u201cchanting\u201d slogans and marching in circles: Waving flags, \u201cchanting\u201d slogans and marching in circles: around 30 robots took to the streets of Warsaw on Monday to campaign for AI regulation in front of the Polish digital affairs ministry. The protest was organised by Democratism, an initiative that, according to its website, aims to launch debate \u201con how AI and robotisation affect the labour market\u201d.\u201cThe robots present here are meant to show that this technology is already a reality,\u201d Agibot A3, one of the AI-powered humanoid robots, said.Chants of \u201cDefend workplaces\u201d, \u201cTime for rules\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t wait, regulate\u201d played on loudspeakers as the robots \u2014 which ranged from bipedal humanoids to dog-like quadrupeds \u2014 demonstrated. \u201cWe particularly want to address the issue of the potential replacement of people both by humanoid robots and by artificial intelligence in cognitive work,\u201d organiser Grzegorz Kulis said. \u201cIf we don\u2019t react now, we may soon have a problem,\u201d he added, emphasising the need for \u201crules and regulations that would serve as a shield protecting workers\u201d.Aside from attracting the attention of several passers-by, Kulis said the use of robots was meant to show their existing capabilities and thereby the urgency of the situation. \u201cThese robots can already move around freely, they\u2019re already \u2018protesting\u2019,\u201d he said.The marching robots were met with a visit from Poland\u2019s digital affairs minister Krzysztof Gawkowski, who spoke to Kulis on site. \u201cUncontrolled (AI) models, implemented into humanoids that will also keep evolving as robotisation moves forward, are a major problem,\u201d Gawkowski said.Kulis, who is now the CIO of a robotics company and CEO of an employment agency, served two terms on the Labor Market Council at the ministry of family, labour and social policy. \u201cWe feel responsible for starting to inform society about the rapid and dynamic technological changes which personally frighten us,\u201d he told AFP.In July, Poland\u2019s conservative-nationalist president Karol Nawrocki signed into law a bill put forth by the ministry putting the EU\u2019s AI Act into practice. 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