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Maxime Fournes is the CEO of PauseAI Global, an international nonprofit movement advocating for a pause on the development of superintelligent AI to prevent existential risks to humanity. He holds a background in mathematics and computer science from McGill University and transitioned from volunteer work for PauseAI (beginning May 2023) to serving as its full-time CEO.