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Compare a documented route into government guidance with PauseAI’s declared division of labor.
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Outside input is not enacted law. The roadmap is conditional; declared counterparts do not establish command.
Jaan Tallinn → $4.466m across seven 2021–2024 entries → Centre for Long-Term Resilience
Checked 12 September 2026
Tallinn’s ledger reports seven CLTR-related payments totaling $4,466,000 during 2021–2024. Historical donor report; overlaps with recipient and SFF reports.
Jaan Tallinn → $30,000 across two 2024 entries → PauseAI Global / Stichting PauseAI
Checked 12 September 2026
Tallinn reports $20,000 in March and $10,000 in November 2024 for Stichting PauseAI.
Centre for Long-Term Resilience → Claims section authorship → UK frontier-AI safety guide (October 2023)
Checked 12 September 2026
Reported by the cited source
CLTR reports authoring the model-reporting and information-sharing section. The government acknowledges it among contributors. Participation corroborated; exact section authorship remains CLTR’s account.
UK Department for Science,Innovation and Technology → Published nonmandatory guide → UK frontier-AI safety guide (October 2023)
Checked 12 September 2026
DSIT published the frontier-AI safety guide on 27 October 2023 as a nonmandatory menu of emerging practices.
PauseAI Global / Stichting PauseAI → Declared policy counterpart → ControlAI
Checked 12 September 2026
Reported by the cited source
PauseAI’s theory of change names ControlAI among organizations developing policy and expert consensus alongside its public-pressure role. PauseAI’s declared strategy; not a signed agreement or evidence of donor command.
PauseAI Global / Stichting PauseAI → Declared policy counterpart → Future of Life Institute
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Reported by the cited source
PauseAI’s theory of change names Future of Life Institute among organizations developing policy and expert consensus alongside its public-pressure role. PauseAI’s declared strategy; not a signed agreement or evidence of donor command.
PauseAI Global / Stichting PauseAI → Declared policy counterpart → Machine Intelligence Research Institute
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Reported by the cited source
PauseAI’s theory of change names Machine Intelligence Research Institute among organizations developing policy and expert consensus alongside its public-pressure role. PauseAI’s declared strategy; not a signed agreement or evidence of donor command.
PauseAI Global / Stichting PauseAI → Approves small grants and deliverables → PauseAI microgrant programme
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Published rules assign approval to CEO and Organizing Director, with grant letters specifying purpose, deliverables and schedule.
PauseAI Global / Stichting PauseAI → Proposes expanded communications capacity → PauseAI expansion roadmap
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PauseAI publishes funding scenarios for PR, narrative production and additional advocacy organizations. Conditional plans, not established expenditure or existing new organizations.