What does “Memorandum on Advancing the United States’ Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Fulfill National Security Objectives; and Fostering the Safety, Security, and Trustworthiness of Artificial Intelligence” mean for our privacy and our economy?
Election Fraud Season
In Michigan, when a voter is made inactive, they will be removed from the voter rolls after 2 election cycles. If they vote before that time their vote is accepted. SoS Benson is misleading the public when describing the 517,000 ineligible voters that won’t be removed until 2027. She has an exploratory fund set up for a possible run in 2026.
- Daniel Baxter, COO for absentee voting in Detroit: “It’s not just a phenomenon that occurs in Detroit. It’s all over the state, as well as the country.”
- Justin Roebuck, Ottawa County Clerk: “The data challenges are real.”
- Dead and Relocated Voters: A Detroit News investigation confirmed 146 dead individuals and 14 relocated individuals on Detroit’s voter rolls. The Election Integrity Force flagged over 21,000 potentially ineligible registrations statewide.
- Bloated Rolls: Detroit has 517,000 registered voters for a voting-age population of 477,400. Michigan has 8.4 million registered voters, exceeding the eligible voting-age population by almost half a million.
- Benson has been publicly critical of Elon Musk, who has amplified concerns about Michigan’s voter rolls on X (formerly Twitter). She alleges Musk’s rhetoric is dangerous and has resulted in increased threats to her safety.
Michigan Campus Encourages Registration
The criteria for registration of students is very low. Student ID is considered valid for identification on election day, but to register you only need a sworn statement. 7000 students registered at University of Michigan alone since September 1st. How do we verify if they also vote in their home state?
This is problematic. Umich has 26K out of state and international students. All they need is a student ID and sworn statement they are a US Citizen. There is no check with their home state for double voting.
— Anna Hoffman (@shoesonplease) October 28, 2024
They have set these voting centers on MSU Campus as well. pic.twitter.com/0BB2W7cr6n
Muslim Voter Ejected From Harris Event
Ahmed Ghanim was registered for a Harris rally but asked to leave. Ghanim is running for Congress as a Democrat.
“It just happened to me at Harris’s rally today in Royal Oak, MI,” Ghanim, a doctor who unsuccessfully challenged Congresswoman Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for Michigan’s 11th District, wrote in a post to X on Monday.
“They kicked me out without any reason, even after I received confirmation to attend and passed a security clearance at the gate,” he wrote. “After I was seated, they called me and asked me to leave without any explanation.”
The Muslim ban is real, and it just happened to me at Harris's rally today in Royal Oak, MI. They kicked me out without any reason, even after I received confirmation to attend and passed a security clearance at the gate. After I was seated, they called me and asked me to leave… pic.twitter.com/K1CrhbV6g5
— Ahmed A.G. Ghanim (@ag4congress) October 21, 2024
2500 Fraudulent Voter Registrations in PA, similar to Muskegon MI 10,000
GBI Strategies was discovered to be behind a multi-state effort to register Democrat voters. In Michigan the operated out of 5 cities and were supposedly under investigation by dana Darth Nessel, the Michigan State Police and the FBI for mass voter registration fraud. This investigation began in October 2020 when 10,000 fake registrations were delivered to the County Clerk in Muskegon MI.
We reported extensively on the activities of GBI on previous OZFest episodes
Show Notes: Election Fraud & Barefoot Climate Corp
Show Notes: Do Your Part Michigan, Report Misinformation
The same process is at work in Pennsylvania in 2024.
ICYMI: This same scheme was discovered in Michigan in the 2020 election. Police caught a Democrat organization called GBI Strategies pulling it off after one of their employees turned in almost 10k fraud registrations in ONE DAY. The FBI covered it up.
— George (@BehizyTweets) October 25, 2024
The video below is the… pic.twitter.com/uQzWuBF8yy
We also see issues with printing ballots for actual voters in PA. Print on demand is generally not used in elections, the order the ballots well ahead of time. Why should printers breaking down be an issue?
BREAKING: The ballot printer at a voting location in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, has FAILED
— George (@BehizyTweets) October 28, 2024
A voter in line said, "The printer doesn't work, so they don't have the ballots." She said the election worker gave everyone a form to fill out, and they will be… pic.twitter.com/TZYevzph8V
Cloning Darth Nessel With AI
We Already Know It’s A Recording, Why Is Fraud Not Assumed as Well?
When you hear Joe Biden’s voice on the phone, you should assume that it is a recording. The establishment is amplifying fear to boost the narrative that there is only one source of truth, the authorities. Why would you assume that a recording couldn’t be faked? They have been in the past prior to AI. A voice on the phone telling me to do something is not sufficient to get me to follow instructions.
Michigan attorney general seeks to counter election misinformation with resources on AI
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced the launch of a webpage to combat election information, with a focus on helping voters to recognize artificial intelligence and access accurate election information.
With advancements in AI allowing users to replicate handwriting and speech, Nessel and her partners on the nationwide Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, issued a warning to a company accused of sending scam election robocalls to New Hampshire residents during the state’s primary. These calls allegedly used artificial intelligence to impersonate President Joe Biden and discourage voters from participating in the primary.
White House National Security Memorandum On Artificial Intelligence
The White House has issued a National Security Memorandum and plant to prioritize Artificial Intelligence as a national security priority. This is a different approach than last year when Executive Order 14110 stated that AI was a safety concern with respects to DEI objectives, making AI development progress a civil rights issue. This Executive Order, issued by President Biden on October 30, 2023, aims to govern the development and use of AI in a manner that prioritizes safety, security, and trustworthiness while harnessing its potential benefits and mitigating its risks. At the time the objectives included:
- AI systems must undergo rigorous testing and evaluation to mitigate risks before deployment, including addressing security concerns in areas like biotechnology, cybersecurity, and critical infrastructure.
- The order mandates that AI development and deployment must comply with all Federal laws and promote equity and civil rights, prohibiting AI use that disadvantages vulnerable communities.
- enforcing existing consumer protection laws, implementing safeguards against fraud, bias, discrimination, and privacy violations, especially in critical sectors like healthcare, finance, and education, where AI errors could have significant negative consequences.
- United States’ commitment to leading global efforts to manage AI risks, unlock its potential, and promote common approaches to shared challenges, engaging with international allies and partners to develop a responsible AI framework and foster international collaboration.
For example, there are studies now that claim AI reinforces bias in mortgage loans.
As AI takes the helm of decision making, signs of perpetuating historic biases emerge
Now AI is strategic to national defense
The Memorandum lays out the following objectives:
- Leading the world in safe, secure, and trustworthy AI development: This involves strengthening the US AI ecosystem, securing foundational capabilities, and mitigating risks posed by AI systems
- Harnessing AI, with appropriate safeguards, to achieve national security objectives: This includes recognizing AI’s limitations, respecting democratic values, and adapting policies and infrastructure to effectively utilize emerging AI capabilities
- Cultivating a stable and responsible framework for international AI governance: This objective emphasizes fostering safe and trustworthy AI development and use globally, managing risks, and promoting democratic values and human rights
- The NSM directs actions to improve the security and diversity of chip supply chains, and to ensure that, as the United States supports the development of the next generation of government supercomputers and other emerging technology, we do so with AI in mind.
- This NSM makes collection on our competitors’ operations against our AI sector a top-tier intelligence priority, and directs relevant U.S. Government entities to provide AI developers with the timely cybersecurity and counterintelligence information necessary to keep their inventions secure
- The NSM directs the creation of a Framework to Advance AI Governance and Risk Management in National Security
- Among other actions, it directs agencies to propose streamlined procurement practices and ways to ease collaboration with non-traditional vendors
The Silicon Shield
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest producer of advanced chips, to illustrate the strategic importance of semiconductors in the AI race. The US has finally recognized the vulnerability of relying chips that are manufactured overseas. But sadly we must rely on foreign entities to provide us with the most strategic element to AI and computing, we have to billions of subsidies via the CHIP Act to have international companies produce chips in the US
- TSMC’s dominance in chip production is seen as a key factor in Taiwan’s defense against Chinese ambitions, often referred to as the “silicon shield.”
- The US, concerned about potential disruption to the global chip supply chain should China exert control over Taiwan, has incentivized TSMC to build production facilities in Arizona as part of its strategy to diversify and secure its chip access.
The 2023 National Defense Strategic Initiative: Things To Come For AI and Economic Planning For Defense?
We reported in January about a new strategic direction the DoD described for ensuring that the economy is strengthened and ready to support defenses initiatives.
Show Notes: The Militarized State of Washington
NDSI Implications – Ensure Supply Chain Resilience, Materials and Intellectual Capital?
- First-of-its-Kind Focus on the Defense Industrial Ecosystem: The NDIS is the first strategy of its type produced by the Department of Defense specifically focused on comprehensively addressing the challenges and opportunities within the defense industrial base (DIB) and the broader defense industrial ecosystem. It moves beyond the traditional focus on prime contractors and recognizes the importance of a diverse and dynamic network that includes small and medium-sized businesses, non-traditional suppliers, academia, research labs, and international partners.
- Recognition of Interdependence between Economic Security and National Security: The NDIS explicitly acknowledges that America’s economic strength is foundational to its military power and that the two are mutually reinforcing. This recognition underscores the strategy’s emphasis on bolstering domestic manufacturing, promoting innovation, and fostering a competitive and resilient industrial base that can support both national security and economic prosperity.
- Proactive Approach to Supply Chain Resilience: The NDIS adopts a proactive approach to building more resilient supply chainsby encouraging diversification of suppliers, promoting domestic production, and identifying and mitigating potential risks and vulnerabilities. It recognizes the fragility of sub-tier suppliers and aims to strengthen the entire supply chain ecosystem
- Emphasis on Economic Deterrence as a Key Pillar: The NDIS elevates economic deterrence as a core priority, recognizing the need to counter adversarial economic practices and protect U.S. economic and technological advantages. It emphasizes the importance of fair trade practices, limiting dependence on adversarial nations, protecting intellectual property, and fostering a competitive global market that favors the U.S. and its allies .
Supply Chains Now are strategic – and so are potential leases for exotic minerals
The NSM directs actions to improve the security and diversity of chip supply chains, and to ensure that, as the United States supports the development of the next generation of government supercomputers and other emerging technology, we do so with AI in mind.
Centralized Authority of Trust
In order for the United States to benefit maximally from AI, Americans must know when they can trust systems to perform safely and reliably. For this reason, the NSM formally designates the AI Safety Institute as U.S. industry’s primary port of contact in the U.S. Government, one staffed by technical experts who understand this quickly evolving technology.
Non traditional Vendors
Among other actions, it directs agencies to propose streamlined procurement practices and ways to ease collaboration with non-traditional vendors.
NDIS identified the need to expand beyond traditional contractors in the Defense Industrial Base. “It moves beyond the traditional focus on prime contractors and recognizes the importance of a diverse and dynamic network that includes small and medium-sized businesses, non-traditional suppliers, academia, research labs, and international partners” See “We need to shift from policies rooted in the 20th century that supported a narrow defense industrial base, capitalized on the DoD as the monopsony power, and promoted either/or tradeoffs between cost, speed, and scale. We need to build a modernized industrial ecosystem that includes the traditional defense contractors – the DIB primes and sub-tier defense contractors who provide equipment and services – and also includes innovative new technology developers; academia; research labs; technical centers; manufacturing centers of excellence; service providers; government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) facilities; and finance streams, especially private equity and venture capital. As we build a modernized industrial ecosystem, we remain mindful of the environment in which private industry operates and look to work with them to tackle adverse impacts which can manifest during change and modernization.”
Impact On Industry
Investing in Increased Production Capacity and Resilient Supply Chains
The sources emphasize the need for industry to move beyond short-term production goals and invest in building substantial spare production capacity to meet potential surges in demand, particularly in times of conflict or crisis.
Summarized Roles of the AI Safety Institute
The official coordinating agency is the US AI Safety Institute, and the director is Elizabeth Kelly, an attorney by education.
Elizabeth holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, an MSc in Comparative Social Policy from the University of Oxford, and a B.A. from Duke University. She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Prior to joining NIST, Elizabeth served as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House National Economic Council, where she helped lead the Administration’s efforts on financial regulation and technology policy, including artificial intelligence. Elizabeth was a driving force behind the domestic components of the AI executive order, spearheading efforts to promote competition, protect privacy, and support workers and consumer, and helped lead Administration engagement with allies and partners on AI governance.
- The AI Safety Institute leads pre-deployment testing of frontier AI models for the U.S. government, assessing risks related to cybersecurity, biosecurity, and other areas, with the exception of nuclear risk.
- It serves as the primary point of contact with private AI developers to facilitate voluntary safety testing of frontier AI models before and after public deployment.
- The AI Safety Institute provides guidance to AI developers on testing, evaluating, and managing risks associated with dual-use foundation models.
- The institute develops benchmarks for assessing the capabilities and limitations of AI systems, particularly in areas like science, mathematics, and code generation.
- The AI Safety Institute serves as the primary communication channel with developers when a dual-use foundation model is found to pose a threat to public safety.
- The institute submits regular reports to the President summarizing findings from AI safety assessments, the need and effectiveness of risk mitigation, and the adequacy of assessment tools.
- The AI Safety Institute coordinates with other agencies, such as the NSA and DOE, to conduct classified, sector-specific evaluations of AI systems for risks in areas like cyber, nuclear, and radiological domains.
- The AI Safety Institute prioritizes and conducts research on AI safety, security, and trustworthiness, including areas like interpretability and addressing potential risks to civil liberties.
How Will The DoD and AISI Work Together?
- The DoD, primarily through the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), will work closely with the AISI and NSA to develop capabilities for rapid, systematic testing of AI models, focusing on potential nuclear and radiological risks. This initiative involves building secure infrastructure capable of running classified and unclassified tests, including using restricted data and classified threat information
- The DoD’s role encompasses creating automated evaluations, developing an interface for human-led red-teaming, and establishing tools for the secure transfer of government, open-weight, and proprietary AI models to these testing facilities
- The DoD will participate in developing a roadmap for classified evaluations of advanced AI models’ capacity to generate or exacerbate deliberate chemical and biological threats.
- The DoD, in collaboration with DHS (through CISA), the FBI, and NSA (through AISC), will publish unclassified guidance on AI cybersecurity vulnerabilities and threats, best practices for mitigation, and the integration of AI into software systems used in critical infrastructure
- The DoD will leverage AISI’s expertise in developing guidance, benchmarks, and best practices for responsible AI development and deployment