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Avoid the Fatal Trap of Geopolitics in AI Regulation

Jufang Wang — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:36:31 +0000

Debates over AI’s existential risks have reached a boiling point. Yet there is a far more immediate threat: the entangling of geopolitics with AI regulation. Geopolitics must not be allowed to derail genuine efforts to curb AI risks. States must forge a consensus on what constitutes a true catastrophic AI risk, distinguishing it from doomsday hype. Subsequently, a global governance framework for catastrophic AI risks must be established, with a focus on autonomous weapons and critical infrastructure.

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Open or Closed? Where Are China’s AI Models Headed?

Songruowen Ma, Chenghao Sun, Songting Ding — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:14:47 +0000

Chinese government and AI companies have increasingly embraced openness as a key strategy amid the global AI competition. However, due to commercial pressure and associated risks with open-weight models, Beijing is likely to pursue a hybrid and tiered ecosystem where open and closed models coexist. This would allow China to broaden international adoption without giving up the commercial and strategic value of their most advanced models.

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“Is this AI generated?” The challenges of regulating and implementing AI-Generated content labelling in the EU and China

Jufang Wang — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:51:45 +0000

The proliferation of AI-generated content (AIGC) is widely seen as threatening our ability to agree on what is real or true. In response, a wave of regulations around the world has emerged in recent years. However, implementing these regulations faces some major challenges, including regulatory ambiguities, technical limitations, and cross-border interoperability. This policy report compares the regulatory approaches and implementation challenges in the EU and China.

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Podcast | Moving Beyond Content: How to Regulate Social Media Effectively

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:17:14 +0000

In this podcast episode, Professor Amir Paz-Fuchs (University of Sussex; OXGS Fellow) interviews Dr Beatriz Kira (University of Sussex) on the rising complexity in social media regulation, legal approaches to digital spaces, and the role of social media infrastructure in policy-making.

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From Munich to the Middle East Battlefield: How the Militarisation of AI Is Recasting Global AI Governance

Zichen Jess Hu — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:27:19 +0000

The use of AI in military operations, including—but not limited to—the recent the US–Israeli attack on Iran, has extended the conversation on AI governance beyond issues such as transparency and consumer safety. This commentary by Zichen Jess Hu throws light on the realities of a move towards AI-assisted and -enabled warfare, and analyses four major shifts which are currently taking place in AI governance.

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