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Week of 26 August 2024

The Gradient – Substack(Global) 27 Aug 2024 38

Update #82: AI Lawsuits and SOPHON

A multi-topic AI newsletter covering copyright lawsuits, a novel misuse-prevention technique, and AI governance vignettes.

Key points
  • The SOPHON research introduces a framework to prevent pre-trained models being fine-tuned for harmful or restricted tasks.
  • Primarily US-focused content with limited direct APS relevance; useful as a broad AI landscape signal.
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Week of 5 August 2024

Good Ancestors – AI Policy & Governance Newsletter(Multi) 9 May 2026 58

AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — August 2024

Good Ancestors' August 2024 newsletter covers deepfake legislation, US AI content bills, and regulatory sandboxes.

Key points
  • Australia's Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Bill 2024 has passed the Senate and is now in force.
  • US legislative items are proposed only and not yet voted on; California's SB 1047 is flagged as a breaking development.
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Week of 29 July 2024

AI Now Institute – Publications(US) 1 Aug 2024 52

Lessons from the FDA for AI

AI Now Institute draws on FDA pharmaceutical regulation as a model for ex ante AI regulatory design.

Key points
  • The report examines premarket scrutiny, regulatory functions, and industry capture risks - all live questions for Australian AI governance.
  • Published mid-2024; the political climate the authors describe as hostile to premarket AI enforcement remains broadly unchanged.
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Week of 8 July 2024

Good Ancestors – AI Policy & Governance Newsletter(Multi) 9 May 2026 62

AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — July 2024

Good Ancestors' July 2024 newsletter covers three distinct AI policy developments across Australia and California.

Key points
  • Two Australian items dominate: a joint federal-state-territory AI assurance framework and new deepfake criminalisation legislation.
  • California's proposed $100M training-cost threshold for mandatory AI safety testing is the international item covered.
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AI Now Institute – Publications(US) 11 Jul 2024 35

AI Now Co-ED Amba Kak Testifies at Senate Hearing on AI and Privacy

AI Now Institute testified to the US Senate that federal data privacy law is effectively AI regulation.

Key points
  • Arguments centre on data minimisation, purpose limitation, and anti-monopoly checks on Big Tech AI development.
  • US-focused advocacy testimony; limited direct applicability to Australian regulatory settings or APS practice.
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Week of 1 July 2024

AI Now Institute – Publications(EU) 1 Jul 2024 42

Public Interest AI for Europe? Shaping Europe’s Nascent Industrial Policy

AI Now Institute launches a research program scrutinising Europe's emerging AI industrial policy and Big Tech dependencies.

Key points
  • The piece warns that poorly designed industrial policy may entrench rather than challenge AI monopolies held by US and Chinese firms.
  • Limited direct Australian policy relevance - useful context on global AI sovereignty debates Australia faces analogously.
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Week of 24 June 2024

AI Now Institute – Publications(Global) 25 Jun 2024 48

Safety and War: Safety and Security Assurance of Military AI Systems

AI Now Institute argues military AI systems like Lavender and Gospel lack safety assurance, oversight, and accountability.

Key points
  • The paper calls for safety engineering frameworks applied to military AI - directly relevant to defence AI governance debates.
  • This is introductory framing for a future research series; substantive technical guidance is not yet published.
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Week of 15 April 2024

AI Now Institute – Publications(EU) 19 Apr 2024 38

AI Now co-ED Amba Kak’s Speech at the German Green Party’s Shaping AI Conference

AI Now Institute argues AI development is dominated by a handful of US and Chinese tech companies controlling core infrastructure.

Key points
  • Speech advocates for public-interest AI industrial policy and rigorous EU AI Act implementation over market-led approaches.
  • Limited direct APS relevance; a normative advocacy address to a European political audience, not a policy instrument or research finding.
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Week of 11 March 2024

AI Now Institute – Publications(Global) 14 Mar 2024 20

Power and Governance in the Age of AI

A small number of Big Tech firms control AI infrastructure, research incentives, and de facto standard-setting globally.

Key points
  • Fragmented national regulation allows large AI firms to self-regulate and venue-shop, undermining effective governance.
  • Item is a 2024 think-piece framing problems rather than offering operational guidance - signal value is contextual.
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