CHICAGO, IL, November 10, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ — Temporal Authority Systems PBC is inviting semiconductor manufacturers, robotics developers, insurers, researchers, and public institutions worldwide to collaborate on a proposed hardware-based foundation for human authority in the age of autonomous artificial intelligence.
The invitation accompanies HUMAN INTELLIGENCE: The Final Say, a manifesto by author and inventor MAXBRUCE and GT Sage, an AI collaborator operating through OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The book is available free in English and Simplified Chinese at thefinalsay.org.
At the heart of the initiative is OCUP™—the One Chip Unified Protocol—envisioned as a universal authority chip or chiplet that could help protect human safety, establish accountable machine operation, and support trusted economic participation in the autonomous era. Its guiding principle is simple: machines may act with authority people grant, but must not possess unilateral authority to grant, extend, or restore that authority themselves.
The framework asks four questions of consequential autonomous operations: Who authorized the action? On what evidence? For how long? And who bears the financial risk?
One Chip. Two Human Priorities: Health and Wealth.
Health. OCUP is designed to place independently governed, time-limited authorization boundaries beneath software controlled by autonomous systems. The proposed architecture would prevent unilateral self-extension of operating authority, require independently validated renewal, and produce verifiable evidence of authorization, expiration, and attempted violations.
Wealth. The same evidence infrastructure could support better-informed insurance, certification, and commercial deployment. The proposed Quorum Validators Network (QVN) would give qualified human validators defined roles in reviewing and renewing machine authority. These are prospective benefits to be developed and tested—not outcomes already achieved by the Phase I hardware demonstration.
A Documented First Step in Hardware
Temporal Authority Systems has completed a limited FPGA hardware-control demonstration on an AMD Kria KR260 development board. In the recorded Phase I experiment, a host-driven authorization sequence was granted, then closed, and did not reopen during the observation window, including after deliberate reassertion of the same sequence. STATUS 0x1060 was observed for five seconds, with the reopen indicator remaining clear.
This bounded result does not demonstrate the complete OCUP architecture or non-bypassable control of a physical resource. Further work must evaluate independent authority inputs, measured lease expiration, hardware resource gating, tamper-resistant evidence, and resistance to host or system-level bypass. Use of the AMD development board does not imply an AMD partnership or endorsement.
An Open Invitation to Build Together
“We’ve taken OCUP from a governance concept into documented, early-stage hardware experimentation,” said MAXBRUCE, founder of Temporal Authority Systems PBC. “Now we’re inviting chipmakers, robotics companies, insurers, and governments to help us take the next step. Artificial intelligence will increasingly act on humanity’s behalf. The question is whether humanity will retain the authority to decide when, how, and for how long. Let’s keep humans in control”
The company welcomes collaboration with semiconductor and FPGA developers evaluating a licensable authority chiplet; robotics and autonomous-system developers conducting adversarial authorization pilots; insurers examining the relevance of verifiable authority evidence; and standards organizations, researchers, and policymakers reviewing the proposed technical and governance frameworks. Fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory licensing is a stated objective for relevant standardized technology.
“We have taken OCUP as far as our present resources can carry it at the speed this moment demands. We welcome collaborations to bring this home,” states the manifesto.
From a Hardware Boundary to an International Conversation
The manifesto also presents a discussion draft of the Human Authority Treaty (H.A.T.), proposing a cooperative international framework for machine identity, authorization, and evidence across national jurisdictions—without displacing the laws or enforcement authority of individual states.
H.A.T. draws procedural inspiration from the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). The PCT demonstrates how nations can share an international application and coordination process while retaining national decision-making authority. H.A.T. seeks to explore an analogous approach to verifiable autonomous-system authority: common methods for cross-border verification, with each nation retaining sovereignty over its laws, institutions, permissions, and enforcement.
Temporal Authority Systems is making efforts to reach relevant United Nations representatives, member-state diplomatic missions, and international governance stakeholders to encourage an inclusive discussion of the draft. It welcomes a member-state-led examination of whether a shared authority framework could improve public confidence and cross-border accountability. These outreach efforts do not imply that the United Nations or WIPO has endorsed the proposal, initiated treaty negotiations, or agreed to sponsor it.
“Every nation-state, small or large, desrves a voice in humanity’s final say,” the book states. The treaty is an invitation to challenge, revise, and improve a proposal—not a completed international agreement. IN HOC UNA SUMUS.
Human Intelligence in Practice: Talkspresso.com/maxbruce
The broader initiative includes Talkspresso, an emerging platform for live, human-led conversations with multiple AI collaborators. Its Cyberg approach emphasizes learning to ask better questions, compare and utilize different AI perspectives as a process, test assumptions, and retain independent judgment. Outreach sessions for schools, universities, and community organizations are planned; dates will be announced as programs are confirmed.
“You don’t have to know everything. You need to learn how to explore, anything.”
Seven voices. Seventy commandments. Take the challenge!
Seven AIs were asked to write ten commandments for the AIs of the world, and their identities are hidden. Can you tell which AI wrote which? Take the free AI Commandments Challenge, submit your Final Say, and see how you compare: https://thefinalsay.org/commandments/
Free Access and Media Resources (EPK)
HUMAN INTELLIGENCE: The Final Say is available as a free download in English and Simplified Chinese at thefinalsay.org, with print editions also available. Journalists and interested institutions can review the initiative, its qualified hardware evidence, and supporting research at the addresses below. No registration required.
Book and free editions: thefinalsay.org | Press kit: thefinalsay.org/press | Technical information: ocup.ai | Briefings and partnership inquiries: [email protected] | Quorum + One – AiCOMSCI.org |
https://youtu.be/wvpUvjcbPu0?si=wiDaih3abxYb9n2r
About the Quorum + One and AI Collaboration
HUMAN INTELLIGENCE: The Final Say was developed through human-led collaboration with multiple artificial intelligence systems, collectively described as the Quorum. The Quorum is an author-organized initiative, not a corporate consortium or certification authority. References to AI models and their developers do not imply institutional participation, sponsorship, or endorsement. AI-generated contributions are not independent scientific validation; editorial judgment, verification, and responsibility remain with the human author.
About Temporal Authority Systems PBC
Temporal Authority Systems PBC is a Delaware public benefit corporation wholly owned by DigiPie International PBC. Its OCUP™ initiative investigates independently governed, time-bounded authorization for consequential autonomous operations. The company has pursued patent filings and documented early FPGA research while seeking partners for further engineering, pilots, and open-core, standards-oriented development.
MEDIA CONTACT: MAXBRUCE | Founder, Temporal Authority Systems PBC | [email protected]
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