Thursday, September 10, 2026

Pause AI Now


AI companies are racing to build a technology that could cause mass unemployment, catastrophic accidents, and even human extinction. Most Americans want to pause or slow down dangerous AI development. We urge the United States to lead an international treaty to pause AI development.

PauseAI US is a nationwide grassroots movement to pause AI development.

The AI companies are creating more and more capable systems that can self-improve and exceed human intelligence. If they succeed, it could lead to catastrophes, the destruction of our society, and even human extinction.

All existing problems associated with AIs will only worsen if we allow AI companies to continue. AIs have already escaped containment and helped design novel viruses.

We must oppose them. PauseAI US volunteers meet with lawmakers, educate the public, and engage the media to demand a pause on AI development. Learn how an AI pause would work.

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 WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) today announced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, forthcoming legislation to stop AI oligarchs from building machines humans cannot control.

The Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act would permanently ban the development and deployment of superintelligent AI and temporarily pause advanced AI development until a federal regulator has established safety rules. It would also direct the U.S. to pursue international agreements to prevent superintelligence from being developed anywhere in the world.

“Nearly every day, there is a frightening new story about how Big Tech companies are losing control of the technology they are developing, with potentially cataclysmic results,” Sanders said. “The leaders of the major AI companies publicly acknowledge that they do not fully understand the technology and that it is escaping their control. It is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced. That’s why I am introducing legislation to immediately pause the development of increasingly powerful AI and ban the creation of systems that humanity cannot fully control — at home and around the world. The future of humanity cannot be left in the hands of a handful of Big Tech oligarchs. The American people and people throughout the world must determine that future.”

“If we allow Artificial Superintelligence to be built, it could risk the security, freedom, and lives of Americans,” Casar said. “Despite its potential deadly consequences, cutting-edge AI technology is less regulated than the average food truck. That must change. In just four years, we have gone from the first version of ChatGPT to AI models so powerful they cannot be properly controlled. Congress should immediately ban AI systems too powerful to control.”

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