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Anthropic and OpenAI’s anticipated initial public offerings are expected to create substantial wealth in San Francisco, while layoffs and an uncertain technology job market continue to affect workers in the region. The contrast was visible across the Golden Gate Bridge at a Monday gathering of more than four dozen laid-off technology workers. The group met at 11 a.m. to hike Mount Tamalpais, a peak overlooking San Francisco Bay. Participants descended a mostly deserted trail in groups of roughly a dozen, led by former Google employee Basem Istanbouli, who wore a bucket hat and toe shoes. The gathering reflected the gap between the AI sector’s projected financial gains and joblessness among some technology workers.