Item Catalogue

Week of 16 June 2025

Alan Turing Institute – Blog(UK) 16 Jun 2025 58

Alan Turing Institute researchers reflect on their role in the UK's Global AI Assurance Pilot.

Key points

The pilot is directly relevant to Australian assurance frameworks - AISI and DTA are developing comparable approaches.
Extracted text is minimal; full substance requires reading the source blog post directly.

AI Now Institute – Publications(Global) 3 Jun 2025 48

AI Now Institute's 2025 annual report frames AI as a power concentration problem, not a technology problem.

Key points

Report argues AI harms are structural and calls for regulatory intervention, antitrust action, and community organising.
Primarily a US-oriented advocacy document; APS relevance is indirect but useful for understanding critical-AI discourse.

MIT AI Risk Repository – Blog(Global) 8 Apr 2025 68

MIT AI Risk Repository maps 11 frameworks bridging traditional risk management and AI safety, all published 2023 or later.

Key points

Frameworks span maturity models, probabilistic risk assessment, and cybersecurity adaptations useful for agency AI governance work.
UK DSIT's 'Emerging Processes for Frontier AI Safety' is among the 11 - a directly accessible government reference.

Attorney-General's Dept – Publications(AU) 19 Feb 2025 38

Attorney-General's Department has published its Data Strategy 2025–2027, covering four focus areas.

Key points

AI and machine learning are named as analytical tools to support evidence-based policy - but remain secondary to the data governance framing.
Limited direct AI governance content; this is primarily a data maturity and literacy strategy with AI as one thread.

NIST – AI News (topic 2753736)(US) 1 Feb 2025 28

NIST's MEP blog series offers a beginner's guide to Industrial AI, with part two focusing on data quality considerations.

Key points

Covers data pitfalls such as incomplete data, inadequate variation, and gaps - relevant to any agency deploying AI in operational contexts.
Introductory-level content aimed at manufacturing; limited direct applicability to Australian federal governance contexts.

AI Now Institute – Publications(US) 1 Oct 2024 38

AI Now Institute testified against NYC's MyCity portal, citing corporate capture and citizen surveillance risks.

Key points

The case illustrates risks when public AI infrastructure embeds vendor data advantages and opaque governance.
Limited direct APS applicability, but the digital wallet and behavioural tracking scenario is a useful cautionary case study.