SAN FRANCISCO—On Monday, June 8, a San Francisco Superior Court jury found Wynd Sethe Kaufmyn, 68, guilty of the following charges against her: interfering with business (Penal Code 602.1(a)), trespassing with intent to interfere with a business (Penal Code 602(k)), unlawful assembly (Penal Code 407) and refusal to disburse at a riot (Penal Code 409). Kaufmyn is currently out of police custody, but her sentencing hearing is set for Monday, June 22, 2026.
From testimony and evidence at Kaufmyn’s trial, on February 22, 2025, the activist group, STOP AI, protested at OpenAI’s corporate office on the 1,400 block of Third Street. At the site, they placed chains on the company’s front door, locking it with a huge Masters Lock. Kaufmyn was one of the protestors, who sat outside OpenAI.
After OpenAI dispatched the San Francisco Police Department, authorities arrived to ask the protestors to move, but protestors refused. Officers explained they were on private property and can continue protesting on the public sidewalk. They refused and protestors were cited, and the chains were cut.
The trial started on June 3, 2026, where Kaufmyn used a “necessity defense,” stating she protested to stop risks caused by development of artificial superintelligence.
Assistant District Attorney Michael Foley was the prosecutor alongside District Attorney Investigator Teddy Martin, paralegals Nohemi Torres and Raquel Paz. The prosecution team worked together with the SFPD on the case.
