Resources^ from the Rest of Us (06.12.25)

Opinions, investigations, reports & opportunities

Hey everyone! Resources^ from the Rest of US posts highlight some of the things I’m reading — including expert opinions from folks in my region, investigations and reports. I also include things that impact us and our communities. When I come across research or fellowship opportunities, I’ll tag those at the bottom.

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Featured Resources 1:

Personal Data Architectures in the BRICS Countries

By Luca Belli (ed.), Walter Britto Gasper (ed.)

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of personal data protection frameworks within the BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—and explores the potential for enhanced cooperation as regards the management and regulation of international data flows, amongst the increasing number of new group members. This study is particularly relevant in light of the recent BRICS commitment, enshrined in the grouping’s 2024 Declaration, aimed at jointly promoting ‘a global framework for data governance’. The ways in which this policy objective can be achieved are explored in the conclusion of this volume, highlighting what concrete path might be realistically followed by the group.

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Investigations / Expert Op-Eds

1. Cornelia Walther | Three Years of ChatGPT, and No End in Sight: The growing impact of generative AI on your brain

2. Mohammed R. Mhawish | Watched, Tracked, and Targeted: Live in Gaza under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime

3. LibDaD Consulting | Digital Sovereignty, Not Digital Vassalage: What does ASEAN’s DEFA mean for Timor-Leste’s Digital Future?

4. Casey Newton | Where Meta’s biggest experiment in governance went wrong

5. Dien Nguyen An Luong, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute | Commentary: Vietnam’s police are joking online and that makes their messaging more serious

6. Igor Omilaev, The Conversation | Australia’s national AI plan has just been released: Who exactly will benefit?

7. Jarad Kaplan (Anthropic) in The Guardian | The biggest decision yet

Blogs / Substacks

1. University of Sydney | Australia’s national AI plan released: experts respond

2. Ethical AI Alliance | The Invisible Architecture of AI Harm: A collective report from Mozfest’25 Toward a global Accountability Architecture

3. University of Oxford | Expert Comment: Is it time to reconsider our human rights in the age of AI?

News

1. The Guardian | Trump administration moves to deny visas to fact checkers and content moderators

2. Wall Street Journal | Microsoft, Anthropic Hire Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

3. Jakarta Globe | Israel to provide Thailand with air defense systems

4. Dien Nguyen An Luong, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute | Commentary: Vietnam’s police are joking online and that makes their messaging more serious

5. Bangkok Post | Cybercriminals increasingly prey on small firms

6. ABC Australia | Artificial intelligence to be managed through existing laws under National AI Plan

7. Coingeek | UN human rights chief warns of AI misuse and corporate power

8. The Times of India | Godfather of AI: Bill Gates and Elon Musk right about AI replacing humans, but they forget that…

Reports

1. CSIS | The Global Alignment Index: Tracking Support for US, Chinese and Russian Leadership

2. EngageMedia and Myanmar Internet Project | Myanmar Digital Coup Quarterly: August 2025 - October 2025 (English Translation)

3. UNDP | The Next Great Divergence: Why AI May Widen Inequality Between Countries

4. UNDP | Human Development Report 2025 - A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI (May 2025)

5. Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence | Issue Brief, HAI Policy & Society, Moving Beyond the Term “Global South” in AI Ethics and Policy

Government / UN / CSO Announcements

1. ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights | APHR Condemns US Move to end TPS for Myanmar Nationals: A Decision that Endangers Lives

2. European Commission and Singapore | European Union and Singapore discuss reinforcing digital cooperation through Digital Partnership Council

3. Singapore | European Union-Singapore Digital Partnership (EUSDP)

4. UNESCO & Timor-Leste | Timor-Leste: Artificial Intelligence Readiness Assessment Report

5. United Nations | Appointment of the Next UN Secretary-General: Joint Letter from the Presidents of the Security Council and the General Assembly

6. Korean Agency for Technology and Standards, ITU, and ISO | Seoul Statement from the International AI Standards Summit (02 Dec 2025), Seoul, Republic of Korea

7. Australia | National AI Plan

Company Announcements

1. Reuters | Meta acquires AI-wearables startup Limitless

2. Axios | Meta strikes multiple AI deals with news publishers

Podcasts/Webinars

1. Right Livelihood Award 2025 | Reshaping Power, Together | Audrey Tang