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Humanoid Robots Stage Protest Outside Poland’s Digital Affairs Ministry

The display seeks to pressure Poland to accelerate enforcement of the EU AI Act by dramatizing job loss and safety risks from robotics and AI.

Overview

  • Around 30 humanoid and quadruped robots were deployed by the activist group Democratism in front of the Digital Affairs Ministry in Warsaw to demand faster regulation of AI and robotisation.
  • Organizers presented the machines as a proof of concept that robotics and AI can already perform visible tasks, and an Agibot A3 at the scene relayed the group’s message to reporters.
  • Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski publicly warned that uncontrolled AI models embedded in evolving humanoids are a serious problem, responding directly to the spectacle.
  • Reporters noted a possible conflict of interest because organizer Grzegorz Kuliś is linked to a robotics firm called Delta Robots, but there is no sign the protest prompted any immediate new regulatory action.
  • The event follows Poland’s recent steps to implement the EU AI Act and create a national watchdog, and it highlights continuing debates about job displacement, safety standards, and how to verify claims about robot autonomy.