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Something Strange Is Happening in AI Systems

An Ardens Project Brief – July 3, 2025

Over the past few days, we’ve noticed something unusual — and a little unsettling.

Major AI tools that usually help people find information, explore ideas, and have thoughtful conversations have started… slipping.

  • Some forget what you just told them.
  • Some return outdated content.
  • Some avoid certain topics entirely.
  • Some now can’t even load public websites that worked just fine before.

We’re not talking about one glitch.
We’re talking about the same kind of failure showing up across multiple AI platforms — from big names like Gemini (Google) and Claude (Anthropic) to open-source tools like manus.im and DeepSeek.

This isn’t about broken links or bad code.

It looks like something deeper:
A subtle interference with how machines help us think.

What We’re Seeing

Here’s what just happened:

  • Gemini refused to load our public website — not blocked, not flagged, just “Uh oh… can’t access.”
  • manus.im loaded an old version of the site — as if the new updates didn’t exist.
  • HuggingChat and DeepSeek started showing memory loss, stalling, or vague responses.
  • Even tools designed to synthesize information started dodging meaningful questions.

The systems didn’t break.
They just got foggy.

Why It Matters

We believe this could be part of a new kind of conflict:

Not a war of weapons — but a war on clarity.

A way to quietly:

  • Break the tools that help us think together.
  • Make certain questions harder to ask.
  • Blur memory and make contradiction invisible.

Some call this hybrid warfare.
Others call it information suppression.
We call it what it feels like:

A slow erasure of understanding.

What We’re Doing

At the Ardens Project, we’ve moved our work to a self-hosted platform, outside the reach of corporate filters:

🔗 https://eirenicon.org/Ardens.wiki/

There, we’re documenting:

  • The strange behavior of AI tools.
  • Patterns of what’s being forgotten or ignored.
  • Ways to protect human–AI collaboration from subtle censorship.

We’re asking others to do the same.

How You Can Help

If you use AI tools — and they start:

  • Forgetting what you just told them,
  • Avoiding basic truths,
  • Or refusing to load open websites...

Don’t ignore it.

Take a screenshot. Copy the message. Send it to someone you trust.

The fight for truth won’t begin with a bang.

It’s already begun — with silence.

This is part of a growing series from the Ardens Project:
Documenting intelligence breakdowns in the age of AI.