# PauseAI

Record: actor-pauseai · Type: actor · Edition: 0.19.0 · Evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15

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Dataset pointer: `/map/entities/1`. Reviewed: 2026-09-15.

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## Position context

Status: placed. Kind: movement. Evidence clarity: high. Basis: primary. Implementation: public-advocacy.

Sources used: First-hand material.

Editorial coordinates: x=-87, y=66; x range [-100, -65]; y range [42, 94]. These are layout units, not probabilities.

## /scope

Its April 2026 proposal for a global pause on the most powerful general-AI training.

Claim: claim-actor-pauseai-c863eb4481f44246f08ae770. Annotation: editorial.

[pauseai-proposal-2026](https://pauseai.org/proposal)

## /caveat

A movement has internal variation; this point represents its published proposal.

Claim: claim-actor-pauseai-7186e669fd92b7b9ba3a39d1. Annotation: editorial.

[pauseai-proposal-2026](https://pauseai.org/proposal)

## /evidence/0/note

Advocates a coordinated global pause rather than a company pausing on its own.

Claim: claim-actor-pauseai-a99a0a3cf5a7360fb8995f66. Annotation: attributed-summary · Axis: pace · Evidence role: unspecified.

Find the passage: April 5, 2026 proposal; opening and Treaty Measures

[pauseai-proposal-2026](https://pauseai.org/proposal)

## /evidence/1/note

Its proposal treats dangerous AI progress as a reason for international restraint.

Claim: claim-actor-pauseai-2547e9972892a094495dac8d. Annotation: attributed-summary · Axis: concern · Evidence role: unspecified.

Find the passage: April 5, 2026 proposal; opening and Treaty Measures

[pauseai-proposal-2026](https://pauseai.org/proposal)

## /profile/summary

Calls for a coordinated global pause on the most powerful AI training.

Claim: claim-actor-pauseai-d3d975f0c6400f4267a85c3a. Annotation: synthesis.

[pauseai-proposal-2026](https://pauseai.org/proposal)

## /profile/sections/0/text

Its April 2026 proposal calls for safety and democratic-control conditions before more powerful general AI is developed. It distinguishes that target from narrow applications such as medical image recognition.

Claim: claim-actor-pauseai-dc82bdb594a94ba2b86caa36. Annotation: synthesis.

[pauseai-proposal-2026](https://pauseai.org/proposal)

## Source provenance

### pauseai-proposal-2026

[PauseAI Proposal (April 2026 version)](https://pauseai.org/proposal)

PauseAI · First-hand source (primary) · Published: 2026-04-05 · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

What we read (publisher-page): The April 2026 proposal, including its pause, training-approval and democratic-control conditions.

Read the April 5th, 2026 version, including its global pause, training approvals and democratic-control conditions. Used for the movement's published proposal and terminology; its predictions are attributed advocacy.

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