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PauseAI Demonstration at the European Parliament - February 23rd, Brussels
Join us outside the European Parliament to call on the EU to initiate negotiations for a global treaty to pause the development of frontier AI systems.
February 23, 2026
India AI Impact Summit 2026 - Make Your Voice Heard
World leaders meet in India on February 16-20 to shape the future of AI governance. Take action now - sign the petition and email your policymakers.
February 11, 2026
Is the birth of Moltbook a seminal moment and how dangerous is it?
This isn’t the apocalypse but it is a step closer
February 6, 2026
Meet our new CEO, Maxime Fournes
Maxime becomes our new CEO, and PauseAI supporters offer €21,000 of matched donations this Christmas.
December 2, 2025
We screened an AI safety documentary in Parliament
An important update for PauseCon Brussels, the departure of our organising director, and four new national chapters.
November 12, 2025
Join the 30,000+ calling for a ban on superintelligence
The Future of Life Institute's open letter has been signed by AI experts, Nobel laureates, politicians, artists, and tens of thousands of ordinary people.
October 24, 2025
- We call for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence, not lifted before there is broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably, and strong public buy-in
- Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.
- If you take the existential risk seriously, as I now do, it might be quite sensible to just stop developing these things any further.
- The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.
- ... we should have to expect the machines to take control.
- If we pursue [our current approach], then we will eventually lose control over the machines.
- Rogue AI may be dangerous for the whole of humanity. Banning powerful AI systems (say beyond the abilities of GPT-4) that are given autonomy and agency would be a good start.
of AI scientists believe the alignment problem is real & important
of citizens want AI to be slowed down by our governments