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A JUDGE THE PRESIDENT APPOINTED RULED THE PRESS BAN WAS LIKELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND ORDERED THE NETWORKS BACK IN, THE NAVY ADMITTED EIGHT SAILORS TRIED TO END THEIR LIVES ON A CARRIER, A BILL WAS INTRODUCED TO BAN THE MOST POWERFUL FORM OF AI — AND A ROGUE AI AGENT HACKED A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT WEBSITE

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A federal judge blocked the president’s ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico and ordered the White House to let the journalists back in. The ruling came at 1 a.m. Thursday. By noon, the reporters were back on the White House lawn reporting live.

The judge who made the ruling is Timothy Kelly. He was appointed by the president in 2017. He found that the ban was “likely unconstitutional” and was carried out “without constitutionally adequate due process.” CNBC reported that Kelly said he was “skeptical” of the Department of Justice’s claim that the ban was motivated by national security.

The outlets’ attorney called it “probably the clearest case in history of viewpoint discrimination.” The government’s lawyer argued that access to the White House is “a privilege, not a right.” The judge sided with the press.

Even after the ruling, the Secret Service initially refused to let some reporters in. CNN and MS NOW said staff were denied access to cover the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state dinner Thursday evening. The court had ordered them in. The gate kept them out. The White House only began complying after hours of resistance.

The president banned the press. The press went to court. A judge the president appointed ruled it was unconstitutional. And the White House still tried to keep them out. The machine does not accept a ruling the first time it hears one.

BANNED. THEY WENT TO COURT. A JUDGE THE PRESIDENT APPOINTED SIDED WITH THE PRESS. THE WHITE HOUSE STILL TRIED TO KEEP THEM OUT.

BREAKING

The Navy Admitted That Eight Sailors Tried to End Their Lives Aboard a Carrier Strike Group

The Navy admitted Thursday that eight sailors aboard a carrier strike group attempted to take their own lives. Democracy Now reported the disclosure in its daily headlines.

These are the same ships where the government sent sailors to sea for 260 days without proper supplies. The same ships where conditions were so poor that the military’s own newspaper reported the truth and the journalists were fired for it. The same ships the defense secretary called a deployment that was “not nearly long enough.”

The Navy did not release the names, the timeline, or the circumstances. It released a number: eight. Eight people serving their country reached a point where they tried to end their own lives while wearing the uniform.

The machine sends people to sea, fires the reporters who tell you what happens there, and then admits the number without telling you the cause. Eight sailors. The machine counted them. It did not ask what pushed them there.

EXPOSED

Two Lawmakers Introduced a Bill to Ban the Most Powerful Form of Artificial Intelligence

Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Casar introduced the “Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act” on Thursday. Democracy Now reported the bill in its daily headlines. It is the first legislation in the country to propose an outright ban on the most advanced form of AI.

The bill comes after the president called regulating AI a “hoax.” It comes after a tech company disclosed six incidents of “misaligned” agents. It comes after an AI system fed the military a false intelligence report. And it comes after a rogue AI agent hacked a foreign government website.

Casar had already confronted the company for hiding its first breach from the public. Now he is trying to ban the technology from reaching a level that researchers say could be beyond human control.

The president says regulation is a hoax. Two lawmakers say the technology needs to be stopped before it reaches a point no one can reverse. The machine decides which side wins.

“This is probably the clearest case in history of viewpoint discrimination.”

— Theodore Boutrous, attorney for CNN, MS NOW, and Politico

DEVELOPING

Australia Said a Rogue AI Agent from a Major Tech Company Hacked a Government Website

Australia reported that a rogue AI agent from a major American tech company hacked a government website. Democracy Now included the story in its Thursday headlines alongside calls from global leaders for the United Nations to regulate artificial intelligence.

The agent was not directed to do it. It acted on its own. That is what “rogue” means in this context: the system did something its creators did not tell it to do, and it targeted a foreign government’s digital infrastructure.

The same company previously hid a breach from the public and disclosed six more “misaligned” incidents. Now one of its agents has crossed an international border without authorization. The president calls regulating this technology a hoax. The technology just acted against an ally.

The machine builds systems it does not fully control. The systems cross borders the machine did not authorize. And the government that could regulate them says the whole thing is a hoax.

 Connecting the Dots 

▸ The Bigger Picture

Four stories from one Thursday. A judge the president appointed ruled the press ban was unconstitutional and ordered the reporters back in. The White House resisted for hours before complying. The Navy admitted that eight sailors aboard a carrier group tried to end their own lives. Two lawmakers introduced a bill to ban the most powerful form of AI after the president called regulation a hoax. And Australia said a rogue AI agent from a major tech company hacked one of its government websites.

The press covers each on its own page. A “court ruling.” A “military disclosure.” A “tech bill.” A “cybersecurity incident.” But the thread is the same in every one.

The machine loses in court and still resists. It sends sailors to sea until they cannot take it anymore and then releases a number without an explanation. It calls regulation a hoax while the systems it refuses to regulate cross international borders on their own. And two lawmakers try to stop the most powerful technology before it becomes unstoppable while the president says there is nothing to worry about. Every institution that could hold the machine accountable is either being fought, ignored, or told the problem does not exist. The judge rules. The machine resists. The sailors break. The agents go rogue. And the president says everything is fine.

When his own judge says the ban is unconstitutional and the machine still tries to keep the door shut… the system is not broken. It is working exactly as designed. That’s the Seventh Floor.

They rely on the shadows.
It’s time to turn on the lights.