Around the world, cultural workers are striking, protesting, running campaigns and mobilizing in relation to the use of AI in the workplace, such as Hollywood writers, game performers in the US and voice actors in Brazil. This tracker aims to document strikes, protests, campaigns and mobilizations by cultural workers — broadly understood as the arts, culture and media sectors — in relation to AI around the world.

Error 406 [Tech Fascism] Not Acceptable. The proposals explored powerful forms of resistance, refusal, and subversion: from instructional approaches and how-tos to interventions and collective practices that push back against tech fascism. It is inspiring to see so many projects challenge existing systems in very specific and diverse contexts using strategies like misdirection, slowing down, opting out, and collective reimagination, while building toward technologies that serve shared needs rather than exploit them.