Two artists from Berkeley's Odd Friend Studio unveiled a sculpture titled What Iceberg? at an OpenAI developer event in San Francisco on Tuesday, creating a physical protest against the company's leadership and business practices. The 5-foot-tall installation depicts OpenAI's leaders and investors escaping a sinking ship with their wealth whilst the rest of society faces the consequences of artificial intelligence development, serving as a commentary on inequality and ethical concerns surrounding the technology.

The artists spent five days constructing the piece using papier-mâché, cardboard, paint and a repurposed table. Co-creator Kevin explained that the work uses the Titanic as a metaphor for AI's inevitable collision course, highlighting how the wealthy have contingency plans whilst lower-income workers will bear the costs. He emphasised that the sculpture's true expense was time and intentional craftsmanship—a deliberate contrast to algorithmically generated art. This protest occurs amid mounting criticism of OpenAI, including recent protests in New York, a suspended training session for its GPT-6.1 Astra model due to safety concerns, an apology for unauthorised access to Australian government websites, and Florida's request for a court order to halt the company's development.