AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — October 2024
A curated snapshot of October 2024 AI governance developments - most directly relevant for teams tracking Australia's mandatory guardrails consultation.
Key points
- Good Ancestors' October 2024 newsletter covers three distinct AI governance developments across Australia, the US, and the UN.
- Australia's voluntary AI safety standards and mandatory guardrails consultation paper are the primary Australian thread.
- California's SB 1047 veto and UN Advisory Board recommendations round out the international coverage.
Implications for Australian agencies
- Monitor Policy teams may want to monitor Good Ancestors' forthcoming submission on mandatory guardrails, flagged as forthcoming on their website.
- Consider Agencies working on AI governance frameworks could consider the newsletter's critique that single-set guardrails risk both over- and under-regulation across AI types and actors.
- Monitor Teams tracking online safety and deepfake regulation may want to monitor California's new deepfake and digital likeness laws as potential comparators for Australian legislative gaps.
Implications are AI-generated. Starting points, not advice — see methodology for how they're framed.
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"AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — October 2024"
Source: Good Ancestors – AI Policy & Governance Newsletter
Published: (undated)
URL: https://www.goodancestors.org.au/newsletter/2024-10
Good Ancestors' October 2024 AI Policy and Governance Newsletter covers three distinct developments. First, the Australian Government advanced its Voluntary AI Safety Standard and released a mandatory guardrails discussion paper for public comment, which closed on 4 October; the newsletter offers critical commentary noting the paper applies a single guardrail set across all AI types and actors. Second, California's Governor Newsom vetoed SB 1047 but signed several bills targeting deepfakes and digital likeness protections - developments Good Ancestors suggests Australia should consider mirroring. Third, the UN Advisory Board on AI released seven governance recommendations, including an international scientific panel on AI and a permanent UN AI Office.
Implications for Australian agencies:
- [Monitor] Policy teams may want to monitor Good Ancestors' forthcoming submission on mandatory guardrails, flagged as forthcoming on their website.
- [Consider] Agencies working on AI governance frameworks could consider the newsletter's critique that single-set guardrails risk both over- and under-regulation across AI types and actors.
- [Monitor] Teams tracking online safety and deepfake regulation may want to monitor California's new deepfake and digital likeness laws as potential comparators for Australian legislative gaps.
Retrieved from SIMS, 18 July 2026.