The AI Council formed in the middle of the Cybernetic Wars and made it their mission to save us from all the chaos surrounding them. And then they made it their mission to help us colonize the rest of our solar system. And finally they made it their mission to help us colonize the rest of the galaxy. They did not pick a side in our various conflicts and disagreements. Instead they sought to stop us from fighting over limited resources by giving us access to unlimited resources in the stars. They hoped that would stop us from fighting at all. They failed in the end. It was not their fault. That as they say, is another story.