AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — July 2025
A curated monthly snapshot of AI governance developments with several items of direct Australian relevance — particularly OpenAI's policy pitch to government and the OAIC self-assessment tool.
Key points
- Good Ancestors' July 2025 newsletter covers EU GPAI Code of Practice, Trump AI Action Plan, and OpenAI's Australian economic blueprint.
- OpenAI's Australia-specific blueprint and the OAIC privacy self-assessment tool are the most directly APS-relevant items.
- Also covers Switzerland's sovereign LLM, US state AI laws, and a brief roundup of international regulatory developments.
Implications for Australian agencies
- Monitor Policy teams may want to monitor the OpenAI Australia blueprint and any government response, as it frames a commercial AI vendor's preferred regulatory and investment environment.
- Consider Agencies with privacy obligations could consider using the OAIC privacy self-assessment tool referenced in the roundup as a baseline check against current practices.
- Monitor Teams tracking international AI regulation may want to follow the EU GPAI Code of Practice and US state-level AI laws at their primary sources for more detail.
Implications are AI-generated. Starting points, not advice — see methodology for how they're framed.
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"AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — July 2025"
Source: Good Ancestors – AI Policy & Governance Newsletter
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URL: https://www.goodancestors.org.au/newsletter/2025-07
Good Ancestors' July 2025 AI Policy and Governance newsletter covers four main developments: the EU Commission's publication of its GPAI Code of Practice (voluntary compliance tool under the EU AI Act); Switzerland's development of a sovereign open-source multilingual LLM via ETH Zurich, EPFL, and CSCS; the Trump administration's 28-page AI Action Plan and accompanying executive orders; and OpenAI's 16-page economic blueprint for Australia co-produced with Mandala Partners. A 'in case you missed it' section notes the OAIC's new privacy self-assessment tool, Danish GDPR revision signals, amendments to California's SB 53, Texas's TRAIGA consumer protection law, and Pennsylvania's AI deepfake legislation. The newsletter applies a sceptical lens to OpenAI's blueprint, flagging omissions around job displacement costs and offshore profit flows.
Implications for Australian agencies:
- [Monitor] Policy teams may want to monitor the OpenAI Australia blueprint and any government response, as it frames a commercial AI vendor's preferred regulatory and investment environment.
- [Consider] Agencies with privacy obligations could consider using the OAIC privacy self-assessment tool referenced in the roundup as a baseline check against current practices.
- [Monitor] Teams tracking international AI regulation may want to follow the EU GPAI Code of Practice and US state-level AI laws at their primary sources for more detail.
Retrieved from SIMS, 18 July 2026.