AI Governance Briefing
What happens when AI policy meets implementation, and when what companies say about safety, governance, and responsibility meets what they actually do. Analysis from a product strategist and journalist who has worked across media, government, and technology.
What it covers
- AI rules around the world
- Safety promises
- Copyright and creators
- Work and hiring
- Courts and the law
- Elections
Every briefing
Newest first
The Labels Wrote AI Chart Rules. The Charts Don’t Pay Anyone.
Michael Smith took more than $8 million in royalties using AI songs and bots. Music’s new AI chart rules decide what counts as a hit, not what gets paid.
Europe Banned Workplace Emotion AI. The US Is Letting It Scale.
The EU has banned AI emotion recognition in workplaces. U.S. employers are using tools at MetLife, Burger King, and in Slack with no equivalent rule.
AI Comms Isn’t Built to Hear the Audience That’s Moving the Market
AI job descriptions across vertical startups still focus on press and executive visibility, not systematic user listening. That gap now has a visible cost.
OpenAI Is Paying Workers to Map Their Own Replacement
OpenAI’s Project Stagecraft pays freelancers to map their own jobs for AI training. Oracle, Block, and Meta reveal a broader labor pattern.