- 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.
- EU Parliamentarians Acknowledge the Risk of AI – PauseAI at the European Parliament
Stuart Russell and PauseAI CEO Maxime Fournes addressed Members of the European Parliament in Brussels, warning of existential risks from the race to build superintelligent AI.
- 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.
- Tax-deductible donations to PauseAI
- About Us
Staff behind PauseAI
- Organizing Director Vacancy
Organizing Director Vacancy for PauseAI Global
- Letter to Sir Demis Hassabis
Parliamentarians from across the UK call on Google DeepMind to honour their AI safety commitments
- PauseAI presents: The Google DeepMind Protest
We are organising a protest to hold Google DeepMind to account for their broken promises.
- Google DeepMind's Broken Promises
AI company Google DeepMind have broken the promises they made to the public.
- PauseAI Statement
Sign the PauseAI Statement
- PauseAI UN Demonstration
Help us demand immediate global regulation on frontier AI models
- PauseAI NYC Action Items
Help stop the acceleration of dangerous AI by taking action!
- PauseAI Pittsburgh Flyer
Read more about PauseAI's goals and the risks of strong AI!
- Teams of PauseAI
What are the various teams at PauseAI?
- Theory of Change
How does PauseAI expect to achieve its mission?
- Quotes
Quotes about risks from artificial intelligence
- List of p(doom) values
How likely do AI various researchers believe AI will cause human extinction?
- Find your PauseAI Community
A map of all PauseAI communities, people and events around the world.
- Email Builder
A web app to help you write an email to a politician. Convince them to Pause AI!
- AI Outcomes
What will happen if we continue to build AI?
- Why we might have superintelligence sooner than most think
We're underestimating the progress of AI, and there is a small but realistic chance that we are very close to a superintelligence.
- PauseAI protest @ The Hague, Netherlands - August 11th
We are organizing a protest to demand a pause on dangerous AI development.
- PauseAI protest @ FCDO, London, July 13th
PauseAI protest, urging the United Nations Security Council to implement a global pause on the largest AI training runs.
- PauseAI protest @ FCDO, London, July 18th
- (Cancelled) PauseAI protest @ United Nations, NYC, July 18th
PauseAI protest, urging the United Nations Security Council to implement a global pause on the largest AI training runs.
- PauseAI protest @ Office for AI - June 29th
- PauseAI protest @ Parliament Square - June 8th
We are organising a protest at Parliament Square to demand a summit to pause AI development.
- PauseAI protest @ Melbourne - June 16th
Join PauseAI for an upcoming peaceful protest at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) where Sam Altman will be having a talk in Melbourne.
- PauseAI protest @ Google DeepMind - May 19th - 22nd
We are organising a protest at Google DeepMind to demand a summit to pause AI development.
- PauseAI protest @ Bletchley Park - November 1st
We are organising a protest at Bletchley Park, during the AI Safety Summit
- International PauseAI protest 21st October 2023
We are organizing an international protest to demand a pause on dangerous AI development.
- PauseAI / No AGI Protest @ OpenAI San Francisco - February 12th, 2024
We are organizing a protest to demand a pause on dangerous AI development.
- International PauseAI protest May 13th 2024
We are organizing an international protest to demand a pause on dangerous AI development.
- International PauseAI Protest November 2024
We are organizing a protest to demand a pause on dangerous AI development.
- Communications Director Vacancy at PauseAI Global (Vacancy closed)
PauseAI is looking for a Communications Director to lead our Comms Team and Social Media accounts. Remote work or in-person in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
- Organizing Director Vacancy at PauseAI Global (Position Filled)
PauseAI is looking for an Organizing Director to help manage the organization and support local groups.
- Communications Director Vacancy
Communications Director Vacancy for PauseAI Global
- Next International Protest: Paris AI Summit — February 7–11
AI Safety should be the focus of the Paris AI Action Summit!
- 4 Levels of AI safety regulation
A framework for thinking about how to mitigate the risks from powerful AI systems
- Take action
Ways to help reduce AI risk.
- Why an AI takeover could be very likely
As AI surpasses human capabilities, the likelihood of an AI takeover becomes very high.
- Rebutting skeptical arguments about AI existential risks
Why AI existential risks are real and deserve serious attention
- PauseAI Amsterdam Protest, December 2025
Protest in Amsterdam to urge the Dutch government and Netherlands-based company ASML to stop supplying to companies developing artificial superintelligence.
- PauseAI Australia (our campaigns)
More information about the Australian chapter of PauseAI
- PauseAI Australia
the Australian chapter of PauseAI
- PauseAI protest @ Microsoft Brussels - May 23rd, 2023
We are organizing a protest at Microsoft to demand a summit to pause AI development.
- Building the Pause Button
What would an AI Pause look like? How do you continue to actually prevent a superintelligence from being created?
- Communication Strategy
How we communicate about pausing AI development.
- Community Manager (Vacancy)
- Counterarguments
A list of reasons why people might disagree with the idea of pausing AI development - and how to respond to them.
- Cybersecurity risks from frontier AI models
How AI could be used to hack all devices.
- Regulating dangerous capabilities in AI
The more powerful AI becomes in specific domains, the larger the risks become. How do we prevent these dangerous capabilities from appearing or spreading?
- AI models are unpredictable digital brains
Nobody understands how AI models work, nobody can predict their behavior, and nobody will be able to control them.
- PauseAI Discord server
Invitation link to PauseAI's Discord server
- Donate to PauseAI
With your financial support we can have a bigger impact.
- Environmental impact of AI
AI's environmental impact is a problem not just because of the immediate human cost, but because robots are fantastically energy-hungry and thus accelerate the unsustainable, insupportable damage we are doing to Earth.
- How AI Safety Evaluations & Benchmarks can aid in AI governance
What are AI safety evals, and how can they contribute to preventing catastrophic risks?
- FAQ
Frequently asked questions about PauseAI and the risks of superintelligent AI.
- The Feasibility of a Pause
Is pausing AI possible?
- Flyering Guide
How to distribute flyers for PauseAI
- PauseAI Funding & Donors
A list of our largest donors.
- If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
PauseAI events in support of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
- Incidents of dangerous AI behavior
- Join the Operations Team
How to get involved with PauseAI's operations team — website, tooling, and technology.
- Join PauseAI
Sign up to join the PauseAI movement
- Learn why AI safety matters
Educational resources (videos, articles, books) about AI risks and AI alignment
- Legal information
Information required by law about PauseAI.
- PauseAI's Little Helpers
Help fund volunteer stipends for PauseAI advocates working to address AI safety concerns.
- Tips for effective lobbying
How to convince your government that it needs to work towards a pause on AI training runs
- Running a local PauseAI Community: A Guide to Local Organizing
How can you set up a community and make an impact, locally?
- PauseAI MicroGrants
Our community fund to support projects that align with our mission.
- Pausing AI development might go wrong. How to mitigate the risks?
This article addresses some of the risks of pausing AI development, and how to mitigate them.
- PauseAI National Groups
What does it mean to be a National Group in the PauseAI network?
- PauseAI candlelit vigil @ UN HQ NYC, 3rd of June
- Offense / Defense balance in AI safety
How to think about the balance between offense and defense in AI safety
- San Francisco's 3-Day Picket: Demanding Pause on Advanced AI Development Near OpenAI
- PauseAI Organization
How the PauseAI organization is structured, and what resources are available for members.
- Organizing a PauseAI protest
It's not very hard!
- Partnership Opportunities with PauseAI
Invitation link to PauseAI's Discord server
- PauseAI UK Director (Vacancy)
- Policy Director (Vacancy)
- Polls & surveys
How much do regular people and experts worry about AI risks and governance?
- PauseAI Press materials & media coverage
- PauseAI Privacy Policy
- PauseAI Proposal
Implement a temporary pause on the training of the most powerful general AI systems.
- PauseAI Protesters Code of Conduct
- PauseAI Protests
A list of upcoming and past protests.
- The difficult psychology of existential risk
Thinking about the end of the world is hard.
- Risks of artificial intelligence
AI threatens our democracy, our technology, and our species.
- PauseAI Roadmap and Funding Scenarios
What are we planning to do and what could we do with more funding?
- Concrete scenarios for catastrophic AI risks
How superintelligent AI could cause human extinction.
- State-of-the-art AI capabilities vs humans
How smart are the latest AI models compared to humans?
- Why we need AI Safety Summits
Why we need the AI safety summit to happen, and what it should achieve.
- Tabling for PauseAI
Set up a table and talk to people about AI risks and why we need to pause.
- Timelines to AGI
How long do people expect it will take for AGI or superintelligent AI to be developed?
- US Lobbying Guide
The goal of this guide is to empower people – everyday citizens who lack any background in lobbying or advocacy, but who are concerned about AI – to meet with their elected officials directly and make their concerns heard as effectively as possible.
- Vacancies at PauseAI
Job positions at PauseAI
- PauseAI values
How does PauseAI plan to achieve its mission?
- PauseAI Volunteer Agreement
- PauseAI Volunteer Stipends
The PauseAI volunteer stipend program supports volunteers who contribute regularly to the PauseAI Global community.
- Welcome to the PauseAI community!
Thanks for joining and advice on checking inbox
- How to write a letter or email to someone in power
A guide on how to write a lobby letter
- Writing press releases for protests
How to be effective at writing a press release to cover a protest.
- The extinction risk of superintelligent AI
Why AI is a risk for the future of our existence, and why we need to pause development.
- Contact Us
Get in touch with the PauseAI team for general inquiries, press and media requests, partnership opportunities, or feedback.