How China talks about ‘agentic AI’
How China talks about ‘agentic AI’ Authors: Malou van Draanen Glismann, Graham Webster Three months after the Chinese AI company DeepSeek shocked global markets with a highly capable reasoning model, another China-linked company made a splash with a capable agentic AI system. Did Manus, released in March 2025, portend Chinese leadership in AI systems that […]
State of AI Safety in China
State of AI Safety in China Author: Gabriel Wagner, Jason Zhou, Kwan Yee Ng, and Brian Tse The State of AI Safety in China (2025) report has been published. This annual report (first published in 2023 and updated in 2024) has become a go-to source for policymakers, researchers, and industry leaders seeking a clear-eyed view of China’s evolving […]
International AI Safety Report
International AI Safety Report The AI Safety Report is jointly written by UK AI Security Institute and MILA – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute Abstract: The International AI Safety Report is the world’s first comprehensive review of the latest science on the capabilities and risks of general-purpose AI systems. Written by over 100 independent experts and […]
New President Trump Executive Order Blocks states from enforcing AI regulations
New President Trump Executive Order Blocks states from enforcing AI regulations On December 11, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at preventing U.S. states from enforcing artificial intelligence (AI) regulations that conflict with a national federal policy. The order seeks to centralize AI governance at the federal level, arguing that a fragmented […]
The myth of “European censorship” is brandished by the Trump administration to avoid the regulation of Big Tech
The myth of “European censorship” is brandished by the Trump administration to avoid the regulation of Big Tech This article was written by Stefania Di Stefano and Garance Denner for Le Monde. “We must abolish the EU! “, “Europe allows itself to go to nothing”, “Europe censors Americans! “. Since December 5, this type of message, emanating from […]
Video Killed the Energy Budget: Characterizing the Latency and Power Regimes of Open Text-to-Video Models
Video Killed the Energy Budget: Characterizing the Latency and Power Regimes of Open Text-to-Video Models Authors: Julien Delavande, Regis Pierrard, Sasha Luccioni Abstract: Recent advances in text-to-video (T2V) generation have enabled the creation of high-fidelity, temporally coherent clips from natural language prompts. Yet these systems come with significant computational costs, and their energy demands remain poorly understood. […]
AI Governance in Higher Education: A course design exploring regulatory, ethical and practical considerations
AI Governance in Higher Education: A course design exploring regulatory, ethical and practical considerations Authors: Raphaël Weuts (1), Johannes Bleher (2), Hannah Bleher (3), Rozanne Tuesday Flores (4), Guo Xuanyang (5), Paweł Pujszo (6), Zsolt Almási (7) ((1) KU Leuven, Belgium, (2) University of Hohenheim, Germany, (3) University of Bonn, Germany, (4) Bukidnon State University, Philippines, (5) Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China, (6) College of […]
The U.N.’s AI Turning Point
The U.N.’s AI Turning Point This article is written by Vilas Dhar for Time. For the first time in history, nearly every nation on Earth has agreed that artificial intelligence is too consequential to leave ungoverned. In a moment when global cooperation feels broken, 193 countries have chosen to act together. This week, the United […]
Ombudswoman opens inquiry concerning the development of EU standards for artificial intelligence
Ombudswoman opens inquiry concerning the development of EU standards for artificial intelligence European Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho has opened an inquiry into how the European Commission ensures transparency, inclusiveness, and accountability in the adoption of harmonised standards for artificial intelligence (AI). The inquiry follows a complaint from a civil society organisation concerned by the fact that […]
Preparing for AI Agent Governance
Preparing for AI Agent Governance Author: Jacob Pratt Industry leaders have named 2025 the “year of agentic exploration,” foretelling the adoption of systems that will change how we interact, what jobs we perform, and even how we think. However, these innovations face significant hurdles: widespread AI agent adoption has been stifled by persistent reliability and […]