Resources^ from the Rest of Us (14.08.26)
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.
Investigations / Expert Op-Eds
🌐 Debashis Chakrabarti in Eurasia Review | Data colonialism in the algorithmic age: Why the global south risks becoming the raw material of artificial intelligence
🇺🇸 Courtney C. Radsch in Project Syndicate | AI will supercharge surveillance capitalism
🌐 Hao Nan in South China Morning Post | As US and china compete over AI, middle powers can craft a third path
🌐 Govand Khalid Azeez in East Asia Forum | Southeast Asia’s costly AI bargain with US tech giants
🇸🇬 Zue Zhang and Qiaolei Jiang in The Diplomat | Safeguarding children online: Beyond Singapore’s social media ban debate
🇨🇳 🇺🇸 Ashish Bhatia in Forbes | The China AI thesis
🇨🇳 Michael Caster in The Diplomat | With new AI governance organisation, China seeks to formalise its global AI influence
🌐 Jibu Elias in rĕst ŏf wỗrld | Growth without work: The human cost of the AI revolution
🌐 Hélène Landemore in Noēma | How to give everyday people as say in AI governance: tech leaders keep saying “we” must decide AI’s figure. Here’s an actual plan to include the public
🇺🇸 Nathan Sanders, Bruce Schneier in Tech Policy Press | Separating AI’s Technological Problems From its Capitalism Problems
🇦🇺 Jemma Nott in Independent Australia | Big Tech tightens its grip on Australia’s undersea cables
🇦🇺 🇹🇼 Ray Ming-Tse Lu in The Strategist | The seabed is becoming a battlefield. Taiwan has field notes
Blogs / Substacks
🏴 Sidrah Hassan | I’m not your damsel in distress
🇭🇰 George Chen | Compute, connectivity and control: ensuring Asia Pacific stays competitive in the global AI race
🇧🇷 🌐 Luca Belli | Cooperative Digital Sovereignty and Artificial Intelligence: Why the Future of AI Governance Depends on Cooperation Rather than Autarky
🌐 IEEE Communications Society | Hyperscalers dominance in subsea cables capacity to increase in the AI era
🇰🇷 IAPP | Trusting the Regulator, not the rules: South Korea’s AI data amendment
News
🇺🇸 The Guardian | Be skeptical of OpenAI’s rogue hacker agent story
🇨🇳 China Daily | Draft law unveiled to combat cyberbullying
🇺🇸 BBC | Meta becomes latest firm to say its AI hacked another company
🇰🇷 The Korea Herald | China’s homegrown DUV jolts chip industry, but yield test looms
🇰🇷 The Korea Herald | Not time to tap into chip profits: Industry minister
🇨🇩 Reuters | Congo bans copper and cobalt concentrates exports, official order says
🇮🇩 Tech in Asia | NVIDIA, Indosat launch Gadjah Mada AI center
🇮🇩 Detik.com | Komdigi, UGM, Indosat, NVIDIA luncurkan pusat teknologi AI pertama di RI
🇨🇳 🇺🇸 🇸🇬CNBC | Manus to return as independent company after China forced Meta to unwind $2 billion deal
🇨🇳 Gizmodo | Even the world’s biggest surveillance state thinks smart glasses need oversight
🇸🇬 TechRepublic | Singapore’s AI glasses boom meets privacy reckoning
Reports
🌐 Antonia Juelich, Cambridge Programme on AI Science & Policy | “God has helped us, and so will AI”: How the Terrorist Group Boko Haram Uses Frontier AI
Government / UN / CSO Announcements
🇲🇾 Malaysia | AI Malaysia: Driving the journey towards an AI nation by 2030
🇨🇳 China | China to enhance IPR protection to support growth of emerging, future industries
🇺🇸 Rep. Ro Khanna | Rep. Khanna introduces Data Center Bill of Rights
🇵🇭 Philippines | Joint Memorandum: Principles for the ethical and responsible development, deployment and use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the government
🇯🇵 Toda Peace Institute | Workshop Held on the Theme of Deliberative Technology
🇮🇩 Universitas Gadjah Mada | UGM, Indosat, dan NVIDIA resmi lancurkan AI technology center
🇩🇪 HateAid | Big Brother is watching: HateAid files criminal complaint against Meta over smart glasses
🌐 CNIL | Smart Glasses: Compendium of G7 data protection and privacy authorities approaches
🇯🇵 Japan Ministry of Defence | 認知領域を含む情報戦への対応 (Responding to information warfare, including cognitive domain)
Company Announcements
🇨🇳 🇺🇸 🇸🇬 Manus | Manus will soon return to operating as an independent company
Podcasts/Webinars
🌐 Tech Policy Press Podcast with guest Jonathon W. Penney | A Roadmap for confronting the chilling effects of censorship, surveillance and new technology
🇵🇸 +972 Magazine Podcast | Inside Meta’s war on Palestinian content