Ah yes, Intel. That is another thing I had not addressed yet, but I have given it some thought.
My feeling is this. With 10 players, (I am assuming we will get 10, we already have 6!) and with a low tech start and no planet, It will be quite a while before people get established and are able to research applied intelligence.
Malfador should be back from vacation soon. Once they are I am hoping the CI bug will be high on the priority list, and it will get fixed quickly. Perhaps before it can be used in the game?
I would like to not restrict it arbitrarily. How would everybody feel if we just say no one is permitted to build intelligence centers until the Ancient Ones (that's me) say it is permitted? I can keep an eye on it and make sure no body does. I am not planning on playing in the game anyway.
"Research the technology if you want, but no building Intel centers until I say, or suffer the wrath of the Ancients once again." 
If everybody doesn't like this idea, I can just turn it off.
Geoschmo