AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — May 2025
Three concurrent AI governance developments - US deregulation, Stargate expansion, and Australian court consultations - each carry distinct implications for APS policy and strategy work.
Key points
- Good Ancestors' May 2025 newsletter covers three distinct developments: US AI safety rollbacks, OpenAI's Stargate global expansion, and Federal Court GenAI consultations.
- The Federal Court of Australia item is directly relevant to APS practitioners - submissions were open until 13 June 2025.
- US deregulation under Trump is framed as increasing pressure on Australia and other middle powers to fill the governance gap.
Implications for Australian agencies
- Monitor Policy teams tracking Australia's AI governance positioning may want to monitor how the US deregulatory shift affects international norms and pressure on Australian agencies to articulate their own AI safety stance.
- Monitor Agencies with legal or regulatory functions could monitor the Federal Court's AI Project Group consultation outcomes, as resulting Practice Notes may affect how AI-assisted submissions are treated in proceedings.
- Consider Strategy teams could consider how any Stargate partnership terms might intersect with Australian sovereign AI compute priorities and existing APS cloud and data sovereignty policy.
Implications are AI-generated. Starting points, not advice — see methodology for how they're framed.
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"AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — May 2025"
Source: Good Ancestors – AI Policy & Governance Newsletter
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URL: https://www.goodancestors.org.au/newsletter/2025-05
Good Ancestors' May 2025 AI Policy and Governance Newsletter covers three developments. First, the Trump administration's revocation of Biden-era AI safety executive orders and responsible-use memoranda, replacing them with innovation-focused directives that remove risk-tiering and redirect Chief AI Officers toward scaling adoption. Second, OpenAI's 'OpenAI for Countries' initiative extending Stargate infrastructure investment to ten US allies, with commentary on sovereignty and risk-benefit distribution for potential partner nations like Australia. Third, the Federal Court of Australia's announcement of consultations on GenAI use in legal proceedings, open to legal professionals and the public, with the AI Project Group accepting submissions until 13 June 2025.
Implications for Australian agencies:
- [Monitor] Policy teams tracking Australia's AI governance positioning may want to monitor how the US deregulatory shift affects international norms and pressure on Australian agencies to articulate their own AI safety stance.
- [Monitor] Agencies with legal or regulatory functions could monitor the Federal Court's AI Project Group consultation outcomes, as resulting Practice Notes may affect how AI-assisted submissions are treated in proceedings.
- [Consider] Strategy teams could consider how any Stargate partnership terms might intersect with Australian sovereign AI compute priorities and existing APS cloud and data sovereignty policy.
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