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Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (18 December 2025)

Highlights At UN, nations pledge people-first digital future, tighter AI safeguards (UN News) UN Member States on Wednesday pledged to narrow widening digital divides and put stronger safeguards around artificial intelligence (AI), as the General Assembly concluded a major review of how the world manages the Internet and fast-evolving digital technologies. The high-level meeting marked […]

Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (17 December 2025)

Highlights Can the West recover from China’s hi-tech knockout blow? (Chatham House) From AI and electric vehicles to robotics and pharmaceuticals, Beijing is driving a low-cost technology revolution with price tags that crush global competitors. But as Europe and the US scramble to catch up, will ‘involution’ undo China’s lead, asks James Kynge. – https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/the-world-today/2025-12/can-west-recover-chinas-hi-tech-knockout-blow […]

Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (16 December 2025)

Highlights The Good, Bad and Really Weird AI Provisions in the Annual US Defense Policy Bill (Amos Toh – Tech Policy Press) Congress is on the verge of passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual bill that sets the budget for the Department of Defense (DoD) and other defense and intelligence-related activities across […]

Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (15 December 2025)

Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (9 December 2025) – https://pam.int/daily-digest-on-ai-and-emerging-technologies-9-december-2025/ Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (10 December 2025) – https://pam.int/daily-digest-on-ai-and-emerging-technologies-10-december-2025/ Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (11 December 2025) – https://pam.int/daily-digest-on-ai-and-emerging-technologies-11-december-2025/   Governance How the Meaning of ‘Publicly Accessible’ Shapes Researcher Data Rights Under the DSA (Daphne Keller – Tech […]

Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (11 December 2025)

Governance New AI accountability toolkit unveiled by Amnesty International (DigWatch) Amnesty International has introduced a toolkit to help investigators, activists, and rights defenders hold governments and corporations accountable for harms caused by AI and automated decision-making systems. The resource draws on investigations across Europe, India, and the United States and focuses on public sector uses […]

Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (10 December 2025)

Governance Egypt reaffirms commitment to AI and digital transformation (DigWatch) During a recent meeting with the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) at the Doha Forum, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty reaffirmed the country’s dedication to advancing responsible digital transformation, data governance and AI. He highlighted Egypt’s active role not only domestically but across the Arab and […]

Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (9 December 2025)

Governance Public AI: Policies for democratic and sustainable AI infrastructures (Alek Tarkowski, Albert Cañigueral, Felix Sieker, Luca Cominassi – OECD.AI) In late 2022, just as commercial AI labs were launching the first public-facing generative AI platforms, Mariana Mazzucato and Gabriela Ramos published an op-ed arguing for public policies and institutions “designed to ensure that innovations […]

Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (8 December 2025)

Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (2 December 2025) – https://pam.int/daily-digest-on-ai-and-emerging-technologies-2-december-2025/ Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (3 December 2025) – https://pam.int/daily-digest-on-ai-and-emerging-technologies-3-december-2025/ Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (4 December 2025) – https://pam.int/daily-digest-on-ai-and-emerging-technologies-4-december-2025/ Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (5 December 2025) – https://pam.int/daily-digest-on-ai-and-emerging-technologies-5-december-2025/   Governance Will the AI boom hold […]