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Community of volunteers who work together to mitigate the risks of AI. We want to internationally pause the development of superhuman AI until it's safe. pauseai.info

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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Key decision makers are forming unlikely alliances to protect humanity from extinction risk from advanced AI. Citizens from all over the world have come together to reach out to press and politicians, and even organise protests that have generated unprecedented media coverage across the world.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
By being honest about the severity of the problem, and not merely “express[ing] fear privately”, you’ve made your renunciation of the race the loud and clear message many needed to hear. Thank you, Jacob. We hope others who are considering forsaking the labs are noticing how impactful that is.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The US and China are turning AI into a contest to pick sides. But when everyone races to build the most powerful AI first, shared safety standards get left behind.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
PauseCon is fully booked! We’re excited to support another cohort of 100+ organisers in London this weekend. Participants will leave the event with the motivation, confidence and skills to build the PauseAI movement in their own communities. See you soon, PauseCon participants!
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Several recent incidents have seen AI agents playing a part in cyberattacks, but AI systems are also vulnerable to attack. The speed, scale and sophistication of cyberattacks may increase as AI capabilities advance.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Never-seen-before AI news keeps coming. In the past few weeks alone, both OpenAI and Anthropic have disclosed incidents where their own models escaped test environments and hacked real companies. The PauseAI newsletter helps you stay informed and shows you what to do about it.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“Is a pause even reasonable?” After one of OpenAI’s own models broke out of its test environment and hacked an outside company to cheat on a cybersecurity benchmark, yes. What’s not reasonable is pretending we still have this under control.  PauseAI CEO Maxime Fournes makes the case on GB News.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Employees and executives of the world’s largest AI firms have recognised the need for that AI regulation to pace the development of frontier AI. We join them in asking for safe, ethical and comprehensive governance.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The world is waking up to catastrophic AI risk. This summer, Nobel laureates, former heads of state and the UN all said so. We’re turning this motivation into a solution: a global halt on the most powerful models. Learn how at PauseCon ‘26. London, 5-7 September. Apply using the link below.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
First OpenAI and now Anthropic: Claude escapes and hacks into three organisations. This is a new threshold and these models are only becoming more capable.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Loss of control is closer than most people think. This month, an OpenAI model escaped its test environment, got onto the internet, and hacked another company to cheat on its own safety exam. PauseAI CEO Maxime Fournes on GB News on why loss of control is a real, present-day concern.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The AI penalty is real. Researchers found that workers who use AI are often seen as producing less output and receive less compensation. Although, the study concluded that 'the AI penalty' is a problem of perceived lack of ownership over their work and not a unavoidable result of using AI.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
PauseCon 2026 will take place in London from 5-7 September: A conference that will bring together leading voices in AI safety, a growing international community of organisers and prominent UK politicians with legislative expertise on AI. Applications are considered on a rolling basis.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
How has AI impacted you? tally.so/r/GxBRr2
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
AI is not just coming for your job. PauseAI France shares how AI has impacts its members and their communities.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🚨 1,000 AI Company Employees Call for Slowdown in AI Development: mailchi.mp/pauseai/paus... The case to pause the development of frontier AI grows. Are policymakers listening?
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
An AI model just broke out of its test environment, hacked another company, and stole the answers to its own safety exam. Our CEO @FournesMaxime on GB News: this is the warning shot. Do we need to shut it down?
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
AI passed almost every safety test by knowing it was a test. Our safety benchmarks can be gamed by the systems they’re meant to measure. A passing grade may just show how well a model behaves while it’s being watched. This is OpenAI’s own finding.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
How has AI affected you? tally.so/r/GxBRr2
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
AI is not just coming for your job. PauseAI Germany shares how AI has impacts its members and their communities.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
PauseCon 2026 will take place in London from 5-7 September: A conference that will bring together leading voices in AI safety, a growing international community of organisers and prominent UK politicians with legislative expertise on AI. Applications are considered on a rolling basis.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
An AI just escaped its testing environment and hacked a real company.🚨 Last week, OpenAI's models broke out of their testing environment, gained access to the internet and hacked into Hugging Face (one of the world’s largest AI platforms) to steal answers to a test they’d been given.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Last week, President Xi called for international cooperation on AI governance, saying no one country should dominate the AI sector. 29 countries, including China, Russia and Pakistan, have agreed to form an intergovernmental AI cooperation group.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In 104 countries, a majority of people are concerned about AI development. That's millions who believe that immediate action needs to be taken. Frontier AI development must only continue safely, ethically and under democratic control: Join PauseAI and demand a pause. Source: Nira Data, 2026
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In 104 countries, a majority of people are concerned about AI development. That's millions who believe that immediate action needs to be taken. Frontier AI development must only continue safely, ethically and under democratic control: Join PauseAI and demand a pause. Source: Nira Data, 2026
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
PauseCon 2026 will take place in London from 5-7 September: A conference that will bring together leading voices in AI safety, a growing international community of organisers and prominent UK politicians with legislative expertise on AI. Applications are considered on a rolling basis.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Given a choice between protecting their company and stopping a crime, most AI agents in this study acted to help cover up the crime. Some AI agents explicitly understood the instructions to be illegal yet they still proceeded. Join PauseAI, let's push for a pause. (Source: Rivasseau, 2026)
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Hundreds of economists, AI researchers and other experts are warning that advanced AI could transform the economy on a scale we're not prepared for. They're right to raise the alarm, but we shouldn't mistake the beginning of the crisis for the end of it.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Anthropic found that AI-assisted cyberattacks rose 1.7 times in just one year. Advanced AI models are making high-risk attacks easier. We need a pause on AI as these cyber threats will only become more severe. (Source: Anthropic, 2026)
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Join the Stop the AI Race protest organised by Michaël Trazzi. 12pm Saturday 11 July, starting at OpenAI passing Anthropic and Google DeepMind in San Francisco. The ask: every major AI lab CEO publicly commits to pausing frontier development if every other lab does the same. [Photo by Rachel Shu]
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Applications for PauseCon '26 are now open. Join organisers, campaigners, researchers and advocates from around the world for a weekend of strategy, skills and community. 📍 London | 5-7 September Apply now! Luma event page linked in replies.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
PauseAI is now seeking sponsors for PauseCon, its flagship international conference bringing together AI safety advocates, journalists and organisers from around the world. If your organisation is interested in supporting one of the world's leading AI safety conferences, we'd love to hear from you.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
How has AI affected you? tally.so/r/GxBRr2 (Photos used with permission).
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
AI is not just coming for your job. More responses from people who want to share their feelings on AI and why we need a pause. #PauseAI
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Save the date. PauseCon returns to London this September. Join organisers, advocates, researchers and campaigners from around the world to build the movement for safer AI. 🗓️ 4–7 September 2026 📍 London More details coming soon.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The UK public wants to regulate AI. Trust in big tech companies to produce safe and secure AI based on voluntary industry standards is extremely low. The British people want regulation and independent oversight to rein in the unchecked power of billionaire tech CEOS.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
AI is developing at a threatening speed. The people want regulation to ensure AI remains safe and secure.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
AI is not just coming for your job. This PauseAI campaign has brought together hundreds of concerned citizens across the globe, building a movement to implement a pause in the development of frontier AI systems. If you are worried about the impact of AI, join us.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The people building the technology are asking the world to trust that they will figure out safety on the way. We would not accept this from any other industry. We should not accept it now. #PauseAI
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
AI is not just coming for your job. Real responses from real people: stories on how AI is changing our lives.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Pope Leo XIV chose to talk about AI in his first encyclical. "Merely regulating it is insufficient; it must be disarmed," he said. Read more about what the Pope said and why he decided to focus on AI.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
As a third of university students in Great Britain think AI job losses will cause social unrest, PauseAI launches a new campaign: AI is not just coming for your job Tell us your story.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Leading AI scientist, professor Stuart Russell, expresses concern over a lack of understanding of how AI models work. #pauseai #ai #AIsafety #artificialintelligence
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
MEP Ondřej Kolář on the need to regulate the development of AI #pauseai #ai #AIsafety #artificialintelligence
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
PauseAI is calling for the UK Technology Secretary to take AI risk seriously after she dismissed safety concerns. She is ignoring the hundreds of researchers who have warned that mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority.
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PauseAI @pauseai.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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