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    From RISKS List Owner@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 10 19:33:51 2023
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    systems while they were unavailable, we are extending the deadlines for all regulatory filings that were due in the affected systems between June 9,
    2023, and June 29, 2023, until Friday, June 30, 2023.

    "We note that we have provided for a longer extension for these filings than initially contemplated in the June 13 Public Notice in anticipation of high traffic volumes on these systems in the coming days. In that regard, we encourage filers to consider deferring discretionary filings this week, and
    we encourage filers preparing large submissions to coordinate in advance
    with [the] staff of the Bureaus."

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    Also from ARRL:

    SB QST @ ARL $ARLB014
    ARLB014 FCC ULS System Restored

    ZCZC AG14
    QST de W1AW
    ARRL Bulletin 14  ARLB014
    From ARRL Headquarters
    Newington CT  June 27, 2023
    To all radio amateurs

    SB QST ARL ARLB014
    ARLB014 FCC ULS System Restored

    The FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS) has resumed operations,
    including the Electronic Batch Filing system (EBF).

    As of June 27, 2023, all systems have been reported to be working.
    However, visitors to the website will see a message referring them
    to Public Notice DA 23-529 for additional information and guidance
    on filing deadline extensions.

    The systems were first reported unavailable on June 9, 2023. On
    Friday afternoon, June 23, the EBF system was restored. All VEC
    organizations use that system for filing exam sessions, individual applications, and club license applications. ARRL VEC staff worked
    late into Friday night to ensure all backlogged sessions and
    application files were transmitted to the FCC before the weekend.
    Approximately 350 backlogged files were successfully submitted to
    and processed by the FCC before the system's normal shutdown at 8
    PM.

    ARRL is still monitoring the ULS system, and any further updates
    will be available at ARRL News.

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    Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 09:14:470100
    From: Mike Scott <usenet.19@scottsonline.org.uk>
    Subject: Re: The cleaner did it: an uncool act. (RISKS-33.74)

    Dare one say "single point of failure" and ask why the entire set of
    research materials were all stored in one place? Surely dividing between separate freezers in different buildings (or even towns) would have been in order for something so apparently vital.

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    Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 12:00:55 +0300
    From: Amos Shapir <amos083@gmail.com>
    Subject: Re: Is America Ready For AI-Powered Politics? (Alexander,
    RISKS-33.74)

    "How long before we have a large body of correspondence with no human involvement or oversight of any sort?"

    Not only that, but the output of such correspondence is posted back into the same spaces which serve as training fodder for the next issue of AI
    programs.

    As any sound technician knows, a positive feedback which occurs in a sound system enhances itself exponentially until very quickly the
    feedback-generated noise drowns out other sounds, making the system
    unusable.

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    Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2023 11:11:11 -0800
    From: RISKS-request@csl.sri.com
    Subject: Abridged info on RISKS (comp.risks)

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