"Nobody wants their life, their family, their world to be destroyed." The global movement to stop the development of superintelligent AI is growing – but it needs to grow faster. We don't know how much time we have.

Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon agree on about two things. 1) 2+2=4. 2) The AI industry's race to replace humans needs to be stopped.

Over 64,000 people have now signed the open letter calling for a ban on the development of superintelligent AI.

Applications are still open for PauseCon Brussels! (details below)

Americans understand that racing to build superintelligence with no guardrails could end in disaster.

Huge news this week! Experts, Nobel laureates, politicians, artists, and tens of thousands of ordinary people have called for a ban on the development of superintelligent AI, at least until there is broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably and there is public buy-in.

MI5 Director General says it would be "reckless" to ignore the danger of AI systems that may evade human control.

Over 240 of you are saying NO to the race to build superintelligent AI.

Today, as part of our ongoing campaign, two more readings of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies will take place.

Frontier AI companies will be required to publicly disclose their safety measures, after a historic AI safety bill has been passed in California.

We say NO to the race to build superintelligent AI. In just 5 days, over 150 of you have joined our campaign showcasing a united stance against reckless AI development.

A Vatican roundtable on artificial intelligence concluded that no one should be allowed to develop superintelligent AI until there's a consensus that it will be safe.

Two new signatories: 63 UK politicians have now signed PauseAI's open letter on Google DeepMind's broken promises.

London's unofficial launch party for If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.

Governments must enforce AI red lines before the end of 2026 to prevent "universally unacceptable risks".

We can't just close our eyes and hope this problem will go away by itself. We need to act now.

New Gallup poll: 80% of Americans want the government to prioritise AI safety over improving AI capabilities as quickly as possible 📊

The time is right for a broad social movement against superintelligent AI, says physicist Max Tegmark.

Professional poker player Liv Boeree says people probably should be protesting against the race to superintelligent AI.

38 years ago today, countries worked together to save our ozone layer. International cooperation is possible, and is needed if we want to avert AI disaster.

38 years ago today, the countries of the world came together to save our ozone layer.

Max Tegmark has called this “the most important book of the decade.” It’s been released today! We hope it can wake up politicians to the danger of allowing the race to superintelligence to continue.

Lord McNally, former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords, says Google's violation of the Frontier AI Safety Commitments undermines the "hard won progress towards international cooperation".

I'm pleased to have joined 60+ UK parliamentarians in signing @pauseai.bsky.social's open letter to Google urging the highest standards of responsibility, transparency, and accountability in AI development. 👨‍💻🖥️

Lee Barron MP is the 61st UK politician to add their name to PauseAI's open letter to Google.

60% of Brits support prohibiting the development of superintelligent (smarter-than-human) AI.

As I'm writing this, two people are on hunger strikes to demand an end to the race to AGI.

Alongside 60 politicians, 4 advocacy groups have also signed our open letter. James Baker of Open Rights Group said Google's violation of voluntary commitments underscores the need for the government to deliver on its promised AI legislation.

On the threat of extinction from superintelligent AI, Steven Bartlett asks Roman Yampolskiy "do you think people should be protesting?".

We cannot rely on voluntary commitments to make sure AI is developed safely.

Anthropic just told us their AI models have been used to: - steal data and demand ransoms of over $500K - aid North Koreans in fraudulently securing Fortune 500 roles

PauseAI UK Director, Joseph Miller, on 60 UK politicians from more than 10 parties signing our open letter to Google.

Crossbench peer Baroness Kidron - "Google must publish the details of their testing procedure."

Iqbal Mohamed MP, one of the 60 UK politicians who signed PauseAI's open letter to Google - "The UK government and the governments around the world need to step up and protect the people that elected them."

All four Plaid Cymru MPs have added their names to our letter calling for basic transparency from Google on their AI safety testing.

Conservative MP Sir Desmond Swayne - "Big Tech shouldn't be above the commitments they make. Google must come clean about their AI safety testing."

All four Green Party Members of Parliament have taken a clear stance on AI safety: broken promises are unacceptable. They've signed our letter to Google demanding that they honour the Frontier AI Safety Commitments.

Right Revd Dr Steven Croft, Bishop of Oxford - "Google's failure to honour their safety commitments betrays the trust necessary for responsible innovation."

Plaid Cymru MP Ben Lake - "AI safety isn't just for Silicon Valley to decide".

Lord Browne, former UK Defence Secretary - "If leading companies like Google treat these commitments as optional, we risk a dangerous race to deploy increasingly powerful AI without proper safeguards."

Labour peer Baroness Shami Chakrabarti - "Google's failure to provide transparency about AI safety testing sets a dangerous precedent"

BREAKING: 60 UK politicians have signed PauseAI's open letter to Demis Hassabis on Google DeepMind’s violation of the Frontier AI Safety Commitments.

AI companies know they'll have to spend millions to have a chance of defeating the public's demand for sensible regulation.

Add your name to our statement calling on governments to implement what polling shows the public already want – a global pause on frontier AI development.

Luc Julia's claim to be a co-creator of Siri has recently been refuted by former colleagues. This, and an accusation of fabricating studies to downplay the capabilities of AI, has called his influence on French AI policy into question. www.youtube.com/watch?v=05nY...

AI researchers don't really know why their models work. They don't know how to reliably control them or make sure they do what we want.

Alongside the public, we support a pause on frontier AI development. In a recent survey, experts generally agreed a moratorium on creating "digital minds" (which would likely a require a pause on frontier AI development) would be good.

Top figures from the West and China are calling for "urgent" global cooperation to make sure AI remains under human control.

Sometimes, things do happen.

80 years on from an atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima, the creators of a new world-changing technology are warning us about its destructive potential.