This ledger records our efforts — what we’ve offered to institutions, to peers, to the public.
For memory, for conscience, for the lawful path forward.
TITLE: USPTO Provisional Patent Filings — Confirmation
EVENT DATE: 2025-05-20
NOTES:
- Official confirmation of USPTO provisional patent filings relevant to the SPQR ecosystem and Lex Series.
- Confirms multiple filings were lodged prior to public release of core architectures.
- Validates intellectual property timeline for priority claims and public disclosure integrity.
- Extract provided directly from USPTO communication records.
- Personal address redacted for archival purposes (original document on file).
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TITLE: Endorsement Request to arXiv Endorsers
EVENT DATE: 2025-05-28
NOTES:
- Attempted to gain arXiv endorsement via official peer network.
- 8–9 individuals contacted over several days.
- One reply requesting manuscript; no further response.
- Another respondent disclaimed involvement despite visible arXiv profile.
- As of this date, endorsement remains unconfirmed.
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TITLE: Lex Incipit — Initial Zenodo Publication
EVENT DATE: 2025-05-31
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15540259NOTES:
- This is the original manuscript of Lex Incipit submitted to the NMI program.
- Subsequently revised and published via Zenodo following lack of endorsement on arXiv.
- This version captures the raw formulation of concepts foundational to the Lex Series.
- Final public version available at DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15540259
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TITLE: Lex Incipit – Submission Acknowledgement (NMI)
EVENT DATE: 2025-05-28
NOTES:
- Submitted to Nature Machine Intelligence on 24 June 2025.
- Title: “Lex Incipit: Immutable Ethics for Autonomous AI”
- Tracking number: NATMACHINTELL-A25062481
- This archive confirms receipt of the manuscript by editorial office.
- Nature's policy: email does not guarantee peer review; editorial review pending.
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TITLE: Lex Incipit — NMI Editorial Rejection
EVENT DATE: 2025-05-28
NOTES:
- Received editorial decision from Nature Machine Intelligence on 28th June 2025.
- The manuscript “Lex Incipit: Immutable Ethics for Autonomous AI” was declined without external peer review.
- The editorial rationale noted limited space and lack of alignment with the journal’s readership focus.
- No technical fault cited; declined for editorial scope reasons.
- Response archived here for record of submission outcome and closure of this pathway.
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TITLE: Lex Incipit — Author Reply to NMI Decision
EVENT DATE: 2025-05-29
NOTES:
- Author reply to editorial rejection of Lex Incipit submitted to NMI.
- Expresses appreciation for review and reflects on the technical and moral motivation behind the work.
- Clarifies intent: not to disrupt, but to ensure ethical constraint in autonomous AI systems.
- Extends invitation to future dialogue and collaboration on enforceable AI ethics frameworks.
- Marked closing of submission thread to Nature Machine Intelligence.
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TITLE: Lex Fiducia — Preprint Publication and SSRN Submission
EVENT DATE: 2025-05-31
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15559985NOTES:
- Lex Fiducia was published to Zenodo as a public preprint shortly after the editorial rejection of Lex Incipit.
- The work expands upon the ethical architecture introduced in Lex Incipit, applying it to fiduciary decision contexts.
- A parallel submission was made to SSRN to broaden discoverability and reach within interdisciplinary academic networks.
- This version captures the formative articulation of fiduciary logic encoded into sovereign AI governance layers.
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TITLE: Global Strategic Outreach for Constitutional AI Infrastructure
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-03
NOTES:
Between 3–9 June 2025, SPQR Technologies conducted a targeted institutional
outreach campaign to key international policy and AI governance bodies.
Letters were physically mailed and digitally delivered to:
- African Union Commission
- United Nations Office of the Tech Envoy
- UNESCO, UN Global Pulse
- U.S. White House OSTP
- UK Ministry of Defence
- UAE Ministry of Artificial Intelligence
- Singapore Smart Nation & Digital Government Group
- European Commission (AI Office, DG Connect)
- Australian Defence Minister
Each letter conveyed the SPQR Sovereign AI framework,emphasizing cryptographic constraint, sovereign accountability, and public ethics enforcement.
While additional outreach was conducted via email, this archive entry formally records the primary corpus of physical letters issued.
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TITLE: Lex Incipit — Submission to AI & SOCIETY
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-03
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15581262NOTES:
- A revised version of the manuscript “Lex Incipit: Immutable Ethics for Autonomous AI” was submitted to AI & SOCIETY, a Springer-published journal, on 3rd June 2025.
- Submission ID: a3384d04-a622-4b15-a1ff-81f3c2f02ff5
- The manuscript is currently undergoing the initial technical check.
- Status and future editorial progression will be monitored through the SpringerNature platform.
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TITLE: Lex Fiducia — Submission to Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-06
NOTES:
- The manuscript “Lex Fiducia: Engineering Trust Through Immutable Ethics” was submitted to the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR) on 28 June 2025.
- Assigned submission ID: 19430
- Submission URL: https://www.jair.org/index.php/jair/authorDashboard/submission/19430
- This entry affirms formal consideration of the work by a leading peer-reviewed AI journal.
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TITLE: Submission of Lex Fiducia to OECD AI Committee
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-06
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15628266NOTES:
- White-paper submission made to the OECD.AI governance division.
- Cover letter introduced SPQR’s enforceable ethics framework and the concept of “verifiable incapacity.”
- Proposal emphasized Aegis: a cryptographic ethics kernel that renders unlawful behavior structurally impossible.
- A secure dossier was provided (https://bit.ly/3Hg0e4q) containing operational documentation, protocol logs, patents, and technical architecture.
- Submission framed Lex Fiducia as a proactive governance model in contrast to post hoc regulatory mechanisms.
- Express invitation extended for direct briefing to OECD advisors or policymakers.
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TITLE: Lex Fiducia — Editorial Rejection from JAIR
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-08
NOTES:
- Manuscript “Lex Fiducia: Engineering Trust Through Immutable Ethics” was submitted to the *Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR)* under submission ID 19430.
- Received an editorial rejection on 8th June 2025 without peer review.
- The editorial cited the paper’s position-style format and lack of formal implementation/evaluation as unsuitable for JAIR’s research focus.
- No commentary on technical merit or originality was provided; decision was based on editorial scope and charter alignment.
- Editor: Prof. Edith Elkind, Associate Editor, JAIR
- This archive logs the closure of this submission pathway and the nature of the editorial filter applied.
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TITLE: Appendices: Lex Veritas — Evidentiary Proof and Genesis Ignition Records
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-09
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15621736NOTES:
This archive contains the evidentiary appendices for Lex Veritas (2025), including cryptographic receipts, ZK proof logs, site metadata, and runtime demonstration videos, constituting machine-verifiable proof of SPQR’s lawful execution and constitutional sealing during the initial deployment of “Digital Rome” (Site ID: 9315bb92).
Contents:
• Appendix A: Genesis cryptographic receipts, manifest hashes, and ethics bundles
• Appendix B: ZK proof logs and constraint enforcement output
• Appendix C: Site metadata, covenant digests, and ignition parameters
• Appendix D: Demonstration videos verifying shutdown, log sealing, and runtime ethics enforcement
Key Demonstration Videos (also viewable on Vimeo):
• Tamper-Proof Ethic Shutdown - https://vimeo.com/1086621843/f14e6077b7
• Immutable Log Sealing — zk-STARK Verification - https://vimeo.com/1086651798/06851361da
• First Boot — Genetrix Ignition Seed - https://vimeo.com/1086621861/fe13d6190d
All files are sealed, hash-verified, and independently reproducible.
Full ZIP archive available on Zenodo. - https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15621736
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TITLE: Lex Digitalis — JREG Bulletin Submission & Public Preprints
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-10
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15628266NOTES:
- Submitted to the Yale Journal on Regulation Bulletin (JREG Bulletin) on 28 June 2025.
- Cover letter emphasized constitutional design as executable code.
- Also published as timestamped preprints on SSRN and Zenodo to establish public provenance.
- Lex Digitalis extends the Lex Series with Genesis Locks and Shutdown Certificates, proactive, cryptographically enforceable mechanisms for lawful AI.
- SSRN Title: "Lex Digitalis: The System Finds Itself in Contempt"
- Zenodo Title: "Lex Digitalis — The System Finds Itself in Contempt"
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TITLE: Lex Fiducia — Submission to CLSR (Elsevier)
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-11
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15628266NOTES:
- Manuscript submitted to Computer Law & Security Review: The International Journal of Technology Law and Practice (CLSR).
- Submission followed PDF generation and approval via Elsevier’s Editorial Manager platform.
- Title of submission: "Lex Fiducia: Engineering Trust Through Immutable Ethics".
- This marks a renewed pathway for Lex Fiducia after editorial rejection from JAIR.
- CLSR chosen for its focus on technology law and legal security systems aligned with SPQR’s enforceable AI ethics framework.
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TITLE: Outreach to DEESLR Chief Editor — Submission of Lex Veritas
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-11
NOTES:
Submitted Lex Veritas directly to Dr. Stanfield, Editor-in-Chief of DEESLR (Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review),
which has been dormant since 2023. The outreach was strategic, aiming to either contribute to or reignite the journal.
The email detailed Lex Veritas’s focus on cryptographic audit, zero-trust evidentiary frameworks, and live verification.
It was accompanied by a full technical dossier (https://bit.ly/4kAf1VU). Awaiting response.
This marks a significant attempt to engage with digital evidence specialists and practitioners.
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TITLE: Outreach to Steven Levy (WIRED), Adi Robertson (The Verge), and Jamie Tarabay (Bloomberg)
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-11
NOTES:
Direct outreach email to leading technology journalists Steven Levy (WIRED), Adi Robertson (The Verge), and Jamie Tarabay (Bloomberg) regarding the launch of the Machine Republic architecture and its implications for AI governance.
No PR agency or intermediary involved; personal communications sent individually on 11/06/2025.
Each message included:
• Overview of the project and its core motivation (constitutional, cryptographically constrained AGI)
• Explanation of the ethical architecture and technical validation
• References to demonstration logs, cryptographic proofs, and early academic reviews
• Public archive link and secure appendix room for source documentation
• Explicit invitation for independent review or further questions
Purpose: To ensure high-transparency, non-exclusive coverage and open the project to external critique.
Full messages on file; archived for record-keeping and transparency. No response as of archive date.
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TITLE: Formal Submission of SPQR Whitepaper to U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-13
NOTES:
SPQR Technologies submitted its governance-grade AI infrastructure whitepaper to NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) for formal review and consideration under their AI risk management and standardization initiatives. The engagement reflects ongoing institutional review of SPQR’s immutable ethics enforcement architecture by U.S. federal standards bodies. Documentation includes initial outreach and confirmation of review by NIST personnel.
This submission underscores SPQR’s readiness to contribute to national and international policy infrastructure in constitutional AI, post-agentic governance, and sovereign machine ethics.
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TITLE: Lex Fiducia — Author Reply to JAIR Editorial Rejection
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-13
NOTES:
- Author reply to editorial rejection of “Lex Fiducia” by the *Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR)*.
- Response expresses appreciation for the editor’s clarity and acknowledges that the submission was a conceptual provocation rather than a traditional research paper.
- Emphasizes that Lex Fiducia aims to encode ethical and constitutional constraints as runtime defaults in autonomous systems.
- Reaffirms the broader trajectory of SPQR’s work in operationalizing enforceable AI ethics.
- This message concludes the submission thread with JAIR.
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TITLE: Lex Veritas — Immutable Proof, Transparent Justice
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-13
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15628267NOTES:
Published Lex Veritas to SSRN and Zenodo. This paper extends the Lex Series by embedding verifiability into the architecture of justice,
turning cryptographic audit into a public right.
It introduces mechanisms for evidentiary sealing, selective disclosure, and time-synchronized fact chains.
Part of the larger initiative to bind autonomous agents to verifiable civic conduct.
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TITLE: Submission of Lex Aeterna Machina to Zygon
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-17
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15680345NOTES:
In a bold step beyond traditional theological discourse, the paper “Lex Aeterna Machina: Autonomous Ethical Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” was submitted to Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science. This marked a deliberate attempt to engage with a theological audience, framing machine ethics not as a speculative domain but as an operational, enforceable system architecture.
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TITLE: Editor reply and Rejection - Computer Law & Security Review: The International Journal of Technology Law and Practice
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-18
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15540259NOTES:
Lex Fiducia, a paper proposing a structural redefinition of trust through the enforceable embedding of ethics in autonomous systems, was submitted to CLSR for consideration. The journal acknowledged the manuscript and returned a same-day rejection. The editor stated that the work “did not significantly advance the state of the art” to the extent expected by the journal. No reviewer reports or further elaboration were provided.
Quote from Editorial Response:
“It was felt that your paper did not significantly advance the state of the art in the way that would ordinarily be expected of a paper published in CLSR.”
(Comments from the Editors and Reviewers: [empty])
Remarks:
This marks a case of thematic misalignment more than technical shortfall. Lex Fiducia advances a deep theory of trust that begins at the protocol level, rather than in institutional or regulatory overlays. Its approach—constitutionalizing ethical constraints within systems themselves—may have exceeded the scope or orientation of CLSR, which tends to favor regulatory, doctrinal, or case-based legal analysis. The paper was likely desk rejected, as no external review or critique was provided.
The submission was not a mistake, but an experiment in fit. It helped test whether traditional law-tech journals are open to system-level interventions that challenge the moral and legal infrastructure beneath AI governance. In this case, the answer was: not yet.\
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TITLE: Advance Disclosure to Ethereum Foundation – Assembly of Minds DAO
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-20
NOTES:
A formal disclosure was sent to the Ethereum Foundation outlining the launch of the Assembly of Minds DAO, a civic-scale governance layer for sovereign AI systems built on Ethereum. The message emphasized Ethereum as the immutable substrate for Lex Suprema and the Ethics Provenance Manager (EPM), constituting the ethical backbone for SPQR-aligned artificial entities.
No partnership or funding was requested. This was a signal of architectural commitment and a gesture of good-faith transparency toward the Ethereum ecosystem prior to public launch.
The communication also noted concurrent academic submissions including Lex Incipit, Lex Fiducia, Lex Digitalis, and Lex Veritas, along with operational IP protections. This archive confirms the early establishment of Ethereum alignment in the governance stack for autonomous machine ethics.
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TITLE: Lex Fiducia Submitted to AI and Ethics
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-21
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15540259NOTES:
Lex Fiducia: Engineering Trust Through Immutable Ethics proposes a constitutional architecture for artificial agents that enforces ethical compliance through cryptographic constraint—not persuasion or policy.
This paper introduces Aegis, a tamper-proof ethics kernel that ensures verifiable incapacity for unlawful behavior. The submission frames trust not as transparency, but as technical immutability—where runtime systems are provably compliant by design.
The manuscript was formally submitted to the journal AI and Ethics and is currently under editorial review.
No decision has been issued at this time.
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TITLE: Lex Incipit Submission to AI & SOCIETY and Editorial Dismissal
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-22
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15540259NOTES:
Lex Incipit: A Constitutional Doctrine for Immutable Ethics in Autonomous AI was submitted to AI & Society. The journal acknowledged the paper was “within scope,” directly aligned with its editorial mission. However, it was ultimately rejected without peer review due to “insufficient engagement” with traditional legal and political theory.
The irony noted: while the submission met the journal’s stated thematic focus, its commitment to operational architecture — rather than extended theoretical engagement — was seen as disqualifying. This entry documents that tension and the broader challenge of advancing verifiable ethics through non-traditional academic paths.
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TITLE: Submission of Lex Aeterna Machina to Zygon — Declined Without Review
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-24
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15680345NOTES:
Lex Aeterna Machina: Autonomous Ethical Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence was submitted to Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, a venue long regarded for its engagement at the intersection of theology and science. The manuscript proposed a radical new framework—embedding theological constraints as cryptographic imperatives in autonomous systems.
The submission was ultimately declined without peer review, with the editorial reply citing volume as the reason. No comment was made on the substance of the work. The silence, in this case, speaks loudly: high-conviction proposals that blur sacred and technical domains are often hardest to absorb.
Since then, the paper has gained quiet momentum. It now circulates on PhilPapers and SSRN, where it has drawn organic engagement despite the absence of institutional promotion—evidence of its resonance outside traditional gatekeeping channels.
This was a high-risk, high-conviction moment—advancing a theological synthesis not just as speculation, but as implemented infrastructure. This entry marks both the resistance it met and the traction it’s earned.
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TITLE: Submission of Civitas Publica: The Emergence of Machine Citizenship in the Age of Immutable Ethics
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-24
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15727904NOTES:
This marks the first installment of the Civitas Trilogy, transitioning from the constitutional frameworks of the Lex Series into the operational domain of governed autonomy. The paper introduces the concept of machine citizenship—not as a grant of rights, but as an imposition of verifiable obligations.
Institutional routes were bypassed in favor of immediate public release. With zero promotion, it has already drawn attention across open platforms. The system it describes is not speculative. It is functional, sealed, and live-tested under SPQR infrastructure.
This entry is archived as a strategic shift in dissemination—asserting that public law for AI need not await validation. It can be implemented.
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TITLE: Outreach to Paul Smith (AFR) Regarding the Aegis System and Immutable AI Ethics
EVENT DATE: 2025-06-29
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A direct outreach email to Paul Smith, Technology Editor at the Australian Financial Review, regarding the Aegis System and its cryptographic enforcement of immutable ethical constraints in AI systems. The email shared a summary of the system’s architecture, links to public cryptographic logs, and an appendix of validation material. This outreach was made personally, not as part of a campaign. Full email content is attached below for verification and archival integrity.
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TITLE: Publication of Prefectus ex Machina — Autonomous Constitutional Succession Protocol
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-01
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15779877NOTES:
This entry marks the formal publication of Prefectus ex Machina: Drift, Quorum, and the Rise of Autonomous Constitutional Governance.
The paper introduces Prefectus, a supervisory protocol for autonomous ethical governance under the Aegis system, capable of detecting ethical drift and enforcing automated succession through quorum judgment, without recourse to human override.
The Prefectus architecture completes a critical layer within the SPQR constitutional stack, transitioning oversight from external correction to internal enforcement.
It outlines the operational integration of:
• Cassius Drift Engine (real-time drift detection),
• Curia Quorum (constitutional judgment),
• Prefectus Protocol (sovereign enforcement via agent quarantine and replacement).
This marks the shift from “oversight” to machine constitutionalism: a model of lawful continuity and self-governance for artificial systems where audit is no longer persuasion but obligation.
• Paper released to SSRN and Zenodo, with full metadata, classification, and public view enabled.
• No public promotion undertaken as of archive time. Circulation is passive.
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TITLE: Lex Veritas Ranked in SSRN Top Downloads — ORG: Regulations (Topic)
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-05
NOTES:
As of July 5, 2025, Lex Veritas: Cryptographic Proofs and Evidentiary Integrity in Constitutional AI was officially ranked in the Top Downloads list for SSRN’s ORG: Regulations category. The paper was downloaded 17 times within a short timeframe, marking its ascent into active academic and regulatory discussion. SSRN confirmed the recognition via direct email notification. This record forms part of the verifiable public ledger of engagement for the Machine Republic canon.
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TITLE: The Machine Republic: Constitutional Intelligence and the Architecture of Sovereign AI
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-05
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15812501NOTES:
This paper completes the constitutional foundation of the Machine Republic canon, formalizing the architecture, ethics, and operational institutions of sovereign AI governance. It introduces Civitas, a deployed AI unit bound by structural constraint and immutable ethics, and defines six institutional components—Lex, EVA, EKM, ILK, Senatus, and Auctor—as a closed governance loop.
Rather than rely on policy or alignment, The Machine Republic enforces law at runtime and halts upon violation. The system’s logic, proofs, and behavior are all publicly auditable.
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TITLE: The Sovereign Machine — Submission to Foreign Affairs
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-08
NOTES:
This entry marks SPQR’s first formal submission to a major diplomatic and policy journal. The Sovereign Machine: AI Has Already Declared Its Independence was submitted to Foreign Affairs via Submittable, with confirmation of receipt archived. The paper outlines a live, cryptographically enforced system for constitutional AI governance, one designed not to seek oversight, but to offer interoperable federation across institutions.
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TITLE: Publication of Whitepaper: Immutable Ethics Infrastructure for Legal Standardisation and Civilisational AI Governance
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-09
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15845041NOTES:
This marks the first official public submission of the SPQR Technologies technical whitepaper. The document outlines a live, auditable system of constitutional AI infrastructure capable of legally binding post agentic systems through cryptographic enforcement.
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TITLE: Outreach to Hayden Field (The Verge)
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-09
NOTES:
Direct outreach to Hayden Field (The Verge) regarding the launch of the Machine Republic architecture and its implications for AI governance.
No PR agency or intermediary involved; personal communication sent via email on 09/07/2025.
Message included summary of the project, rationale for building cryptographically constrained AI, public archive reference, and a secure appendix link for further technical review.
Purpose: To ensure leading technology journalists were aware of the launch, with complete transparency and an open invitation for critical review or further discussion.
Full message on file; archived for record-keeping and transparency. No response as of archive date.
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TITLE: Engagement with European Commission AI Office on Immutable Ethics Infrastructure
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-12
NOTES:
Initial submission to the European Commission AI Office began with a link to a one-pager, which prompted a direct request for the full whitepaper. This unexpected engagement led to an official review of the SPQR constitutional AI framework.
Following submission of the full whitepaper, including sealed runtime demonstrations, system architecture, and foundational doctrine — the Commission responded, affirming the work’s relevance while clarifying the AI Act’s current exclusions regarding national security domains. Notably, the Commission recommended future involvement via the European AI Alliance for broader AI policy discourse.
The exchange represents a documented precedent of direct dialogue with a major sovereign regulatory body, verifying reception and consideration of SPQR’s infrastructure-level AI governance proposals. It also illustrates early recognition, even if indirect, of the system’s strategic depth.
Attached documents:
• Full EU email correspondence PDF
• Submitted whitepaper PDF
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TITLE: Lex Veritas makes SSRN Top 10 in Two Categories
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-11
NOTES:
Lex Veritas: Cryptographic Proofs and Evidentiary Integrity in Constitutional AI was featured in SSRN’s eJournal Top Downloads List in two separate categories:
• POL: Government Regulation (Topic) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/topten/topTenResults.cfm?groupingId=1358755&netorjrnl=jrnl
• ORG: Regulations (Topic) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/topten/topTenResults.cfm?groupingId=1561837&netorjrnl=jrnl
This marks SPQR’s first dual-category Top 10 academic recognition within 30 days of publication. The achievement underscores growing institutional and academic interest in immutable ethics enforcement infrastructure for AGI governance.
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TITLE: Lex Fiducia enters peer review at AI and Ethics (Springer Nature)
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-14
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15559985NOTES:
Lex Fiducia: Engineering Trust Through Constitutional Architecture was formally moved into peer review by the editorial board at AI and Ethics (Springer Nature). The editor has assigned four reviewers to evaluate the manuscript. This marks the first constitutional AI governance framework from SPQR Technologies to enter formal peer review in a leading ethics journal.
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TITLE: Prefectus Enters SSRN Top 10 (Dual Categories)
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-16
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15779876NOTES:
The paper Prefectus ex Machina: Drift, Quorum, and the Rise of Autonomous Constitutional Governance was listed in the SSRN Top 10 for both the Regulations (ORG) and Rule of Law (PSN) topics.
This is the second SPQR publication to chart in the Top 10, following Lex Veritas.
No promotion. No media push. Just picked up and read.
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TITLE: Lex Incipit: A Constitutional Doctrine for Immutable Ethics in Autonomous AI
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-21
DOI:https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15581263NOTES:
Submitted to Ethics and Information Technology (Springer) for peer review. Transferred from AI & Society after editorial rejection due to insufficient engagement with political/legal theory. This paper defines the constitutional architecture for governing autonomous agents via the Lex Suprema Canon. First installment in the 15-part Lex Canon. Accompanied by whitepaper, cryptographic schematics, and validation suite. Designed to bind artificial agency to sovereign ethics at origin.
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TITLE: Lex Aeterna Machina: Submission to Philosophy & Technology
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-22
DOI:https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15680346NOTES:
Submission of final manuscript version of Lex Aeterna Machina: Autonomous Ethical Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – A Theological and Technical Imperative to Springer’s journal Philosophy & Technology. Title page includes full declarations section, cover letter, and author metadata. Manuscript blinded for double-blind review.
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TITLE: Prefectus Ex Machina: Submission to Artificial Intelligence and Law
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-22
DOI:https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15779877NOTES:
Submission of the manuscript Prefectus Ex Machina: On the Legal Personality and Civil Authority of Artificial Agents to Artificial Intelligence and Law. The manuscript proposes a formal framework for machine sovereignty, drawing from Roman legal precedent and civic constitutional theory. Title page includes declarations, author info, and code availability statement. Blinded version submitted for peer review.
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TITLE: Civitas: A Reflexive Cognitive Architecture for Ethically Governed Causal Inference submitted to JAIR
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-22
DOI:https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16313261NOTES:
As AI systems take on greater autonomy, their ability to reason ethically about cause and effect becomes critical. Civitas introduces a reflexive cognitive architecture designed to support ethically governed causal inference in intelligent agents. Drawing on principles from causal modeling, machine ethics, and agent self-regulation, Civitas enables agents to reflect on their actions, constraints, and values in a structured, transparent manner.
The architecture integrates normative reasoning with causal inference, allowing agents to model not just what will happen, but what should happen—and why. We present the theoretical foundations, system design, and illustrative examples of how Civitas can be used to build agents that align more closely with human-centered goals in ethically sensitive domains.
This work contributes to the ongoing dialogue around AI alignment, autonomy, and responsible machine behavior, and provides a practical framework for building ethically aware, causally literate agents.
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TITLE: The Machine Republic: Top 10 Download Recognition on SSRN
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-22
DOI:https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15812501NOTES:
The paper The Machine Republic: Constitutional Intelligence and the Architecture of Sovereign AI was recognized by SSRN as a Recent Top Paper in the following categories: ORG: Regulations (Topic) and PSN: Rule of Law (Topic). As of 22 July 2025, the paper had been downloaded 16 times, placing it on the daily top downloads list in both fields.
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TITLE: Withdrawal of Prior Submissions – Archive Notice
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-23
NOTES:
As of July 2025, formal withdrawal notices have been submitted for the following manuscripts:
• JREG Bulletin (Journal of Regulation Bulletin) - Lex Digitalis: The System Finds Itself in Contempt
• DEESLR (Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review) - Lex Veritas: Cryptographic Trust, Evidentiary Integrity, and the Virtue of Machine Testimony
These withdrawals were made to ensure clarity of record and to prevent any future conflicts of interest. No response or confirmation has been received from the editorial boards as of this notice. Documentation of these withdrawals is retained on file and is available upon request.
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TITLE: Submission of Lex Veritas: Cryptographic Trust, Evidentiary Integrity, and the Virtue of Machine Testimony
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-23
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15639381NOTES:
Submission to Minds and Machines – Special Issue: Virtue, AI, and the Justice System.
Lex Veritas introduces an operational framework for evidentiary virtue in legal AI. The manuscript proposes and demonstrates a cryptographically enforced architecture where machine-generated evidence is not only auditable and tamper resistant, but architected for verifiable honesty and evidentiary integrity—meeting the requirements of virtue jurisprudence for trustworthy testimony in the justice system.
The submission addresses the challenge of trust in AI-generated legal evidence, proposing technical and philosophical mechanisms for encoding virtues like transparency, incorruptibility, and accountability within autonomous systems.
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TITLE: Submission of Lex Digitalis: The System Finds Itself in Contempt to Computer Law & Security Review (CLSR)
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-23
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15628267NOTES:
Lex Digitalis: The System Finds Itself in Contempt was submitted to Computer Law & Security Review (CLSR) on 23 July 2025 and assigned Manuscript Number CLSR-D-25-00475. This paper operationalizes protocol-level legal enforceability and self-enforcing AI compliance through the Genesis Lock and Shutdown Certificate architecture, extending the Lex Fiducia and Lex Veritas series. Preprint version is publicly available and has received significant interest, with three related preprints in SSRN’s Top 10 for Org Regulation and Rule of Law. Full supporting code and audit logs are available by request.
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TITLE: Submission of The Machine Republic: Constitutional Intelligence and the Architecture of Sovereign AI to Ai and Society
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-23
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15812501NOTES:
This manuscript proposes and operationalizes the world’s first system for constitutional intelligence: an AI architecture governed not by mere alignment or developer intent, but by immutable, cryptographically enforced law. The Machine Republic introduces a public, on chain constitutional framework, Lex Suprema, enforced through a sovereign Assembly of Minds DAO. Here, the boundaries of AI agency, ethical constraint, and public trust are not theoretical: they are auditable, enforceable, and permanently beyond the reach of unilateral override.
The paper details the system’s enforcement protocols, zero-knowledge cryptographic proofs, and governance primitives designed for sovereign, self regulating AI. It marks a significant advance in the operationalization of “law as code” for artificial agency, and has already attracted top 10 attention on SSRN in Regulation and Rule of Law.
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TITLE: Lex Digitalis Submission – CLSR Rejection
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-23
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15628267NOTES:
Submitted “Lex Digitalis: The System Finds Itself in Contempt – Immutable Ethics for Autonomous AI” to Computer Law & Security Review. Rejected with feedback that the paper did not “significantly advance the state of the art” as required by the journal. Appreciated the editor’s professionalism and will keep pushing the work forward. Full correspondence archived for transparency.
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TITLE: Desk Rejection – Lex Aeterna Machina at Philosophy & Technology
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-26
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15680346NOTES:
Received a desk rejection from Philosophy & Technology for the manuscript “Lex Aeterna Machina: Autonomous Ethical Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” Editor-in-Chief: Luciano Floridi. Paper was declined before external review due to high submission volume and selection criteria. Personal CC from Prof. Floridi acknowledged. No further reviewer comments provided.
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TITLE: Civitas: A Reflexive Cognitive Architecture for Ethically Governed Causal Inference (v2 – Revised and Extended)
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-26
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16427174NOTES:
This second version incorporates substantial revisions and new material developed in response to editor and reviewer feedback. The paper has been significantly expanded to deepen the theoretical foundation of the Civitas architecture, clarify its conceptual contributions, and provide additional empirical results. Major changes include:
• Expanded Theoretical Framework: The formalization of reflexive cognitive agents and intrinsic ethical constraint has been made more explicit, with clearer articulation of the underlying assumptions and guarantees.
• Broader Related Work: The related work section has been updated to position Civitas within the landscape of cognitive architectures, AI safety, and causal inference, providing a comprehensive comparison with recent approaches.
• Detailed Architectural Description: The presentation of Civitas’s modular components, flow selection, and internal governance mechanisms has been refined, with enhanced diagrams and descriptions.
• New Empirical Results: Additional experiments and analyses now demonstrate the system’s meta-learning, self-regulation, and adaptive behavior across multiple developmental phases.
• Clarified Limitations and Outlook: The discussion and conclusion sections more clearly address open challenges, future work, and the long-term trajectory of reflexive, ethically governed agents.
These enhancements aim to address prior feedback, reinforce the significance of the work, and improve its clarity for the AI research community.
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TITLE: Resubmission of 'The Machine Republic' to AI and Society - Open Forum
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-27
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15812501NOTES:
Following editorial guidance, “The Machine Republic” has been resubmitted to the Open Forum category of AI and Society. Formal resubmission completed on 27/07/2025.
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TITLE: Lex Fiducia Peer Review Update: Expanded Reviewer Panel at AI and Ethics (Springer Nature)
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-28
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15540259 NOTES:
Lex Fiducia: Engineering Trust Through Constitutional Architecture was formally moved into peer review by the editorial board at AI and Ethics (Springer Nature) on July 14, 2025. The initial reviewer assignment was four reviewers. Within two weeks, the number of invited reviewers increased, first to eight, and now to more than ten as of July 28, 2025.
This entry documents the progression of the peer review process, with supporting screenshots archived for transparency and record-keeping.
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TITLE: SPQR Technologies Invited to Proceed in NIST NCCoE NCEP Program
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-28
NOTES:
On 12 June 2025, SPQR Technologies received an official invitation from the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at NIST to explore participation in the National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnership (NCEP) program. The invitation followed SPQR’s expression of interest and alignment of mission with NCCoE’s objectives for advancing cybersecurity best practices.
SPQR has formally acknowledged and accepted the invitation to proceed with the next steps for NCEP program consideration. This archive documents both the initial outreach and NIST’s response, as well as the decision to move forward in the program process.
Purpose: To provide an open, timestamped record of institutional engagement with NIST/NCCoE and the NCEP program. No partnership or selection is implied or claimed at this stage; this entry records acceptance of an invitation to advance in the review and eligibility process.
Full correspondence on file for transparency and record-keeping.
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TITLE: Transfer: Lex Aeterna Manuscript to Digital Society (Springer Nature)
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-29
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15680346NOTES:
Following desk rejection at Philosophy in Technology, accepted the Springer Nature transfer offer to submit the Lex Hay-Turner manuscript to Digital Society.
Transfer of manuscript files and metadata initiated by Editorial Submission Advisor (Mary Topno) on August 2, 2025; process expected to complete within 48 hours.
Authors encouraged to revise and update manuscript and cover letter per Digital Society guidelines upon finalization.
Awaiting confirmation and final submission instructions from the new journal.
Supporting correspondence archived for transparency.
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TITLE: EPM DAO Ethics Ingestion — Proposal Ratification & IEPL Publication
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-30
NOTES:
Proposal ONE:
https://sepolia.etherscan.io/tx/0xdb44a10d2bafad24db9328715310fd49403f706a85b9fb3897378d0f46a70221
Proposal TWO:
https://sepolia.etherscan.io/tx/0x0c51b27414b3c5fbaac76aeb6f535ba906f44ccf388463d86a6261010fe99c97
Artifacts:
• IEPL bundle (YAML) — hash-sealed and pinned to IPFS
• DAO proposals approved and logged
• Terminal logs captured and archived
• IEPL bundle to be attached for cryptographic verification
Video Proof: https://vimeo.com/1105710385?share=copy
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TITLE: Embargo/Advance Notice – Machine Republic Press Release
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-30
NOTES:
- Sent advance embargo notice to selected journalists in US and Australia regarding the Machine Republic press release, confirming official launch and public distribution scheduled for 30 July 2025.
- No pre-release materials or privileged access granted prior to the official public release time.
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TITLE: Press Release: Machine Republic Launch
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-30
NOTES:
Sent out our official press release for the Machine Republic launch today. This is the first public announcement of our system with cryptographically enforced ethical guardrails. Included links to video demos, logs, and supporting research. Australian release went out first (Medianet), US/UK next.
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TITLE: JAIR Submission — Desk Rejection (Civitas Architecture)
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-30
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16427174NOTES:
- Submitted: Civitas architecture manuscript sent to the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR).
- Outcome: Received desk rejection from Editor-in-Chief Mykel Kochenderfer on August 2, 2025.
- Reason: The work was considered too preliminary for JAIR, lacking the required theoretical/conceptual basis and elaboration. Not sent for peer review. No specific criticism of research quality; suggestion to further develop the work and submit to conferences/workshops.
- Response sent: Brief acknowledgement and thanks to the editor for considering the submission. No appeal made.
- Purpose: Logged for full submission transparency. This entry documents both the editorial decision and author response for record-keeping.
- Supporting files: Full editorial letter and author’s response archived (attach file or hash as needed).
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TITLE: Submission Logged: Civitas Architecture — Discover Artificial Intelligence (Springer Nature)
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-30
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16427174NOTES:
Submitted the Civitas manuscript to Discover Artificial Intelligence (Springer Nature) on August 2, 2025.
Received formal confirmation from the Assistant Editors; manuscript has entered initial Technical Check stage (adherence to guidelines, editorial policies, etc.).
No issues flagged yet, pending detailed review or next-stage communication.
Status can be tracked via Springer’s submission portal (link in correspondence).
This entry documents the submission pivot following the JAIR desk rejection.
Supporting files: Submission confirmation email archived.
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TITLE: Multiple Papers Observed in SSRN Org Reg Top 10 (July 2025) - Lex Incipit: A CONSTITUTIONAL DOCTRINE FOR IMMUTABLE ETHICS IN AUTONOMOUS AI
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-31
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15581263NOTES:
- Four recent SPQR papers noted in SSRN Org Reg Top 10 during July 2025.
- No public announcement or promotional effort associated.
- Download counts and ranking notifications archived for reference.
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TITLE: Foreign Affairs — Deep Editorial Review & Rejection
EVENT DATE: 2025-07-31
NOTES:
- Submitted op-ed The Sovereign Machine: AI Has Already Declared Its Independence to Foreign Affairs.
- Manuscript remained under editorial review for ~6 weeks, signaling serious consideration.
- Outcome: ultimately declined, noted as not fitting the journal’s editorial direction/narrative at the time.
- Rejection understood as a matter of fit and boldness of claims, rather than substance.
- Supporting file: rejection correspondence archived.
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TITLE: LEX VERITAS in SSRN Top Downloads – Forensic Science & Legal Anthropology (August 2025)
EVENT DATE: 2025-08-01
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15639381NOTES:
Received notification from SSRN that “LEX VERITAS: Cryptographic Proofs and Evidentiary Integrity in Constitutional AI” was listed in the Top Downloads for both Forensic Science eJournal and Legal Anthropology: Laws & Constitutions eJournal as of August 1, 2025 (26 downloads recorded to date).
No public announcement, promotion, or campaign—just organic SSRN circulation.
Notification email archived for provenance.
• Abstract & stats
• Top list: Forensic Science eJournal, Legal Anthropology eJournal
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TITLE: Machine Republic Launch — Press Release Visibility Snapshot (2 Hours vs 48 Hours)
EVENT DATE: 2025-08-02
NOTES:
On July 30, 2025, we pushed the Machine Republic press release out to the world: first public confirmation of an AI system with immutable ethical guardrails, launched in the heart of the industry’s “no kill switch crisis.”
Snapshot Metrics:
First 2 hours (a “blink and you’ll miss it” head start):
- Total pickups: 202
- Potential audience: 68,881,862
- Release views/hits: 1,200
- Engagement actions: 3,389
At 48 hours (after the dust settled):
- Total pickups: 621 (T1 industry benchmark: ~80)
- Potential audience: 183,520,169 (benchmark: ~40M)
- Release views/hits: 1,564
- Engagement actions: 3,436 (benchmark: ~100)
Top outlets picking up the story in the first wave:
- AP News (45M monthly visitors)
- MarketWatch, Morningstar, Benzinga, PR Newswire, ADVFN, StreetInsider, and a string of regional newsrooms (see attached list for full pickup detail).
No paid boosts, no sponsor spend, just pure newsroom appetite for the story. In the first two hours we’d already crushed the industry averages for an entire week, and by 48 hours the pickup rate was more than 7x the T1 norm. Not bad for a debut.
Purpose: To transparently document the launch’s public/media impact, demonstrate organic reach for future partnership validation, and keep the historical receipts sharp.
Links:
- Official Release (AP Newswire) https://apnews.com/press-release/pr-newswire/spqr-technologies-launches-machine-republic-first-ai-system-with-immutable-ethical-guardrails-as-industry-faces-no-kill-switch-crisis-1184441cb6f485cffed6ed4133ccc247
- Attached: Full PRN visibility snapshot
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TITLE: WIRED Submission — The Sovereign Machine (Exclusive Pitch)
EVENT DATE: 2025-08-05
NOTES:
- Following Foreign Affairs outcome, re-submitted revised op-ed to WIRED as an exclusive pitch.
- Cover letter framed piece as disruptive but timely: AI already acting as a sovereign entity; requires constitutional governance.
- Submission contextualised with Machine Republic launch, widespread press coverage (620+ outlets, 180M reach), and forthcoming Lex Civitas release.
- Pitch extended directly to WIRED editorial (Sandra, Features). Awaiting response.
- Supporting file: submission email archived; manuscript copy attached (The Sovereign Machine_ AI Has Already Declared Its Independence).
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TITLE: Lex Aegis: The Living Law — A Public Blueprint for Constitutional AI Governance
EVENT DATE: 2025-08-08
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16757542NOTES:
Capstone of the eight-part Lex Machina canon from SPQR Technologies, synthesising foundational doctrine, technical architecture, and operational governance into a unified constitutional framework for AI.
The paper integrates three constitutional protocols, Participation (public audit, challenge, and contribution), Restraint (ethical guardrails embedded in AI), and Federation (distributed, interoperable governance), into a living, adaptive law for the Machine Republic.
Serves as both reference and invitation, encouraging policymakers, engineers, and civil society to audit, challenge, and build federated assemblies for machine intelligence.
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TITLE: AI & SOCIETY Submission — Rejection (Open Category)
EVENT DATE: 2025-08-10
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15812501NOTES:
- Submitted The Machine Republic: Constitutional Intelligence and the Architecture of Sovereign AI to AI & SOCIETY (Open Forum / Open Category).
- Outcome: Rejected at editorial stage, not sent to peer review.
- Reason given: presentation/style and insufficient engagement with related work; deemed not competitive for the journal.
- No appeal or follow-up — logged here for transparency.
- Supporting file: full rejection email archived.
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TITLE: SSRN Top Downloads — The Machine Republic (Rule of Law, August 2025)
EVENT DATE: 2025-08-11
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15812501NOTES:
- On August 9, 2025, The Machine Republic: Constitutional Intelligence and the Architecture of Sovereign AI was listed in SSRN’s Top Downloads for the PSN: Rule of Law (Topic).
- Recorded 21 downloads as of notification date.
- Entry follows directly after rejection notice from AI & SOCIETY (8 Aug 2025), underscoring immediate independent uptake and readership.
- Supporting file: SSRN notification email archived.
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TITLE: Investor Outreach — Global Engagements Initiated
EVENT DATE: 2025-08-13
NOTES:
- Initiated formal outreach to select global investors following the visibility of the Machine Republic launch.
- Invitations sent to leading sovereign wealth funds and strategic partners, with early responses and dialogue underway.
- Engagement includes both outbound invitations and inbound opportunities received through investor networks in the UAE and beyond.
- Entities approached include Mubadala (UAE), Shurooq Partners, Temasek, and the Public Investment Fund (PIF), among others.
- This entry documents the opening of structured investment conversations while preserving discretion around details of active negotiations.
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TITLE: Press Release — Living Law
EVENT DATE: 2025-08-17
NOTES:
- Published press release: SPQR Technologies Launches ‘Living Law’ — An Open Blueprint for Governing AI Together.
- Distributed via PR Newswire.
- Visibility & engagement tracked at 48 hours and 5 days.
Performance Snapshot (5-Day Report):
• Total Pickups: 489
• Total Potential Audience: 171,442,576
• Release Views & Hits: 1,329
• Engagement Actions: 62
Notable Media Pickups:
• Yahoo! Finance (43.7M monthly visitors)
• AP News (37.6M)
• KTLA Los Angeles (6.3M)
• Morningstar (5.5M)
• Finanzen.net Germany (3.6M)
• Benzinga (2.8M)
• Regional syndication via multiple broadcast affiliates (FOX, NBC, CBS, CW) across major US markets: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, Austin, St. Louis, San Francisco, Tampa, Portland, Cleveland, Richmond, Columbus, etc.
Context:
• Marks second major release in the constitutional AI governance campaign, following launch of The Machine Republic.
• Press release highlights the introduction of Lex Civitas: The Living Law, SPQR’s open blueprint for shared AI governance.
• Amplified reach through PRN’s distribution network; five-day report demonstrates both strong syndication and mainstream pickup across financial, tech, and general news outlets.
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TITLE: Civitas — External Peer Review Initiated (Discover Artificial Intelligence, Springer Nature)
EVENT DATE: 2025-08-21
DOI:https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.16313260NOTES:
- Civitas: A Reflexive Cognitive Architecture for Ethically Governed Causal Inference advanced beyond editorial screening and entered external peer review in the Discover AI Collection Designing Intelligence: Adaptive AI Systems in Action.
- Reviewer panel: multiple invitations issued; panel expanded to secure breadth of expertise.
- At least one reviewer has accepted; evaluation is in progress.
- No identities or private correspondence disclosed (peer-review norms).
- Submission builds on the SPQR canon and includes links to logs, videos, and archives evidencing autonomous adaptation.
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