What happens when AI policy meets implementation — and when what companies say about safety, governance, and responsibility meets what they actually do. Analysis from an award-winning journalist and product strategist who has worked across media, government, and technology.
Corporate AI Governance Protects Companies, Not People
A UNESCO and Thomson Reuters Foundation report on 3,000 companies finds 18% assess AI data risks but only 7% assess human rights impacts. The gap reveals whose interests governance serves.
Ireland Is About to Set the EU’s AI Agenda. It Also Hosts the Industry.
Ireland takes the EU Council presidency in July while hosting Anthropic, OpenAI, and Workday. Its dual role raises real questions about AI enforcement.
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.
Courts Decided: Platform Harm Is a Design Problem
Meta and YouTube verdicts, plus a Dutch ruling on xAI, show courts treating platform harm and AI risk as product design and liability issues.
Vietnam Has an AI Law. Its AI Reality Is More Uneven.
Vietnam’s new AI law is Southeast Asia’s first major AI framework, raising questions about digital sovereignty, adoption, and who AI governance serves.
The UK Is Expanding Facial Recognition Faster Than It Can Test for Bias
A Cambridge study found racial bias in Essex Police’s facial recognition. The UK is expanding the technology fivefold anyway — and oversight isn’t keeping pace.
The White House AI Framework Trusts Oversight That Doesn’t Exist
The White House AI framework would preempt state laws and rely on industry standards. A new NIST report says those standards haven’t been built yet.