AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — July 2025
Consolidates four significant July 2025 AI policy developments in one place — including two with direct Australian relevance — saving APS readers scanning time.
Key points
- July 2025 newsletter covers EU GPAI Code of Practice, US AI Action Plan, Swiss sovereign LLM, and OpenAI's Australian economic blueprint.
- OpenAI's economic blueprint for Australia and commentary on sovereign AI options are directly relevant to current APS strategy debates.
- The newsletter is a curated think-tank digest, offering useful orientation but limited depth on any single development.
Summary
The Good Ancestors July 2025 newsletter aggregates major international AI policy developments including the EU Commission's GPAI Code of Practice, Switzerland's open-source sovereign multilingual LLM from ETH Zurich and EPFL, and the Trump administration's 28-page AI Action Plan with three accompanying executive orders. Of direct Australian relevance, OpenAI has published an economic blueprint for Australia, and the newsletter explicitly frames Australia's choice between sovereign AI infrastructure and dependence on foreign commercial models. The newsletter categorises initiatives by type and status, offering brief commentary on each.
Implications for Australian agencies
- Monitor Policy teams tracking the EU AI Act could note the GPAI Code of Practice is now published and covers transparency, copyright, and systemic-risk safety obligations for model providers — relevant to procurement and vendor due diligence.
- Consider DISR and DTA strategy teams may want to consider OpenAI's Australian economic blueprint alongside the sovereign AI framing raised in the newsletter when developing or updating AI investment and infrastructure positions.
- Monitor Agencies tracking US AI policy could note the Trump AI Action Plan's international diplomacy pillar and AI export executive order, which may shape the terms under which US AI technology reaches Australian government and industry.
Implications are AI-generated. Starting points, not advice.
"AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — July 2025" Source: Good Ancestors – AI Policy & Governance Newsletter Published: (undated) URL: https://www.goodancestors.org.au/newsletter/2025-07 The Good Ancestors July 2025 newsletter aggregates major international AI policy developments including the EU Commission's GPAI Code of Practice, Switzerland's open-source sovereign multilingual LLM from ETH Zurich and EPFL, and the Trump administration's 28-page AI Action Plan with three accompanying executive orders. Of direct Australian relevance, OpenAI has published an economic blueprint for Australia, and the newsletter explicitly frames Australia's choice between sovereign AI infrastructure and dependence on foreign commercial models. The newsletter categorises initiatives by type and status, offering brief commentary on each. Implications for Australian agencies: - [Monitor] Policy teams tracking the EU AI Act could note the GPAI Code of Practice is now published and covers transparency, copyright, and systemic-risk safety obligations for model providers — relevant to procurement and vendor due diligence. - [Consider] DISR and DTA strategy teams may want to consider OpenAI's Australian economic blueprint alongside the sovereign AI framing raised in the newsletter when developing or updating AI investment and infrastructure positions. - [Monitor] Agencies tracking US AI policy could note the Trump AI Action Plan's international diplomacy pillar and AI export executive order, which may shape the terms under which US AI technology reaches Australian government and industry. Retrieved from SIMS, 18 May 2026.