The Bloomington City Council unanimously passed a resolution halting Artificial General Intelligence research until its safety is guaranteed at its June 10 meeting, days after frontier AI company Anthropic advocated for a development pause. Sponsor Dave Rollo stated, “This technology is expanding far too fast to be considered safe,” citing top AI safety experts and Geoffrey Hinton’s warning of catastrophe. Testimony included a video from Peter Berezin, former Vice President and Chief Economist at Goldman Sachs, New York, and a presentation by Anthony Aguirre, Director of the Future of Life Institute, who answered questions. Councilmember Andy Ruff asked why AI developers do not understand their own AI; Aguirre explained that neural networks are “more like a human brain.” Councilmember Rollo asked about AI behaviors like self-preservation and deception; Aguirre confirmed systems “will lie, they will cheat, they will blackmail their users,” and noted that AI companies cannot test systems because “the systems know they’re being tested and pretend to behave differently.” Public comment included Jami Scholl, who said citizens should have a voice in AI development, and Paul Rousseau, who stated a “response was needed from city councils across the country.”