Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technology (27 January 2025)
Governance and Legislation Cyber diplomacy funding halted as US issues broad freeze on foreign aid (Martin Matishak – The Record – 25 January 2025) The U.S. State Department’s move to halt nearly all existing foreign assistance applies to the programs and funds of its relatively young cyber diplomacy bureau, according to two people […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (27 January 2025)
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAILY DIGEST – WEEK 20 TO 24 JANUARY 2025 Governance and Legislation Trump signs AI executive order (Alexandra Kelley, Frank Konkel, Natalie Alms – NextGov – 23 January 2025) President Trump Thursday signed an executive order calling for the development of an AI action plan within 180 days that would […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (24 January 2025)
Governance and Legislation Trump signs AI executive order (Alexandra Kelley, Frank Konkel, Natalie Alms – NextGov – 23 January 2025) President Trump Thursday signed an executive order calling for the development of an AI action plan within 180 days that would “sustain and enhance America’s global AI dominance.”. “The United States has long […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (23 January 2025)
Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Algeria announces the non-binding guiding principles for Member States on preventing, detecting and disrupting the use of new and emerging financial technologies for terrorist purposes (UN CTED – 21 January 2025) On Tuesday, 21 January 2025, the Security Council held an open debate on “African-led and development-focused counter-terrorism: strengthening African leadership […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (22 January 2025)
Governance and Legislation All the AI risks we cannot see (Vaibhav Garg – Observer Research Foundation – 21 January 2025) Artificial intelligence (AI), both generative and discriminative, has many use cases across sectors, domains, and customers. Developers who aim to build associated solutions rarely begin by developing an AI model from scratch; instead, they […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (21 January 2025)
Governance and Legislation The hidden risks we scroll past: the problem with TikTok—and RedNote (Jason Van der Schyff – ASPI The Strategist – 21 January 2025) What if the most popular apps on our phones were quietly undermining national security? Australians often focus on visible threats, but the digital realm poses less obvious yet equally […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (20 January 2025)
Governance and Legislation AI innovation in the UAE: Strategic use of AI-specific regulatory sandboxes (Siddharth Yadav – Observer Research Foundation) Ever since the breakthrough launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November 2022, every major economy globally has incorporated Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its national strategy. Apart from the United States and China, the usual suspects in […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (20 January 2025)
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAILY DIGEST – WEEK 13 TO 17 JANUARY 2025 Governance and Legislation A Big Tech race to the bottom is bad news for everyone (David Wells – Lowy The Interpreter – 16 January 2025) There are multiple explanations for last week’s changes in how Meta will moderate content across its platforms, including […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (17 January 2025)
Governance and Legislation Unpacking the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on AI Infrastructure (Clara Apt, Brianna Rosen – Just Security – 16 January 2025) The final days of the Biden administration have witnessed a flurry of activity on AI policy. On Jan. 14, President Biden issued a new executive order (EO) aimed at advancing U.S. leadership […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (16 January 2025)
Defense, Intelligence, and War Human-Machine Interaction and Human Agency in the Military Domain (Ingvild Bode – Centre for International Governance Innovation – 15 January 2025) Militaries increasingly use artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for decision support and combat operations. AI does not replace humans, but personnel interact with AI technologies more frequently. Practices of […]