Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (16 January 2026)
Governance and Regulation EMA and FDA set common principles for AI in medicine development (European Medicines Agency) EMA and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have jointly identified ten principles for good artificial intelligence (AI) practice in the medicines lifecycle. The principles give broad guidance on AI use in evidence generation and monitoring across […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (15 January 2026)
Geostrategies Priorities for U.S. Participation in International AI Capacity-Building (Chinasa T. Okolo – Lawfare) While the United States debates engagement in international fora and focuses inward, China is quietly building the infrastructure of global artificial intelligence (AI) influence. In July 2024, China secured the adoption of its resolution on AI capacity-building by the United Nations […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (14 January 2026)
Geostrategies How 2026 Could Decide the Future of Artificial Intelligence (Council on Foreign Relations) Artificial intelligence (AI) is entering a decisive phase—one defined less by speculative breakthroughs than by the hard realities of governance, adoption, and strategic competition. As AI systems move from experimentation to widespread deployment, policymakers face mounting pressure to translate abstract principles […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (13 January 2026)
Governance and Regulation New York Could Show Cities a Better Way to Work With Big Tech on Safety (Nikhil Jain – Tech Policy Press) In his inauguration speech at the start of this year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a promise to govern New York City “expansively and audaciously.” He brings a high-profile team to lead […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (12 January 2026)
Governance Twenty Years On: What WSIS+20 Means For International Digital Governance (Rose Payne, Ellie McDonald – Tech Policy Press) The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) concluded its twenty-year review on December 17, closing WSIS+20, a process revisiting one of the United Nations’ most influential experiments in digital governance. Historically, WSIS is significant because […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (9 January 2026)
Governance and Regulation How do we protect our information ecosystem? ‘Embrace ownership, openness and oversight’ (Almar Latour, Bill Ready-World Economic Forum) Generative AI models that scrape proprietary data and creative work without providing fair compensation threaten the media ecosystem, say CEOs of Dow Jones and Pinterest. Leaders must prioritize ownership through licensing agreements that respect […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (8 January 2026)
Governance Grok’s explicit images reveal AI’s legal ambiguities (Ashley Gold, Ina Fried – AXIOS) Grok’s continued posting of nonconsensual images on X highlights a key unsettled legal issue around artificial intelligence: just who — if anyone — is liable for harm caused by a chatbot’s outputs. Why it matters: Businesses, individuals and society are increasingly […]