South Australia Launches Australia's First AI Royal Commission
South Australia will hold Australia's first royal commission into artificial intelligence, examining its impact on jobs, education and public services from October 2026.
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Governments worldwide are deploying artificial intelligence to modernise public services, improve decision-making, and respond to emerging challenges. This hub covers national AI strategies, public-sector procurement and deployment, government regulatory bodies, and state-funded research programmes — with attention to how international developments intersect with Georgia’s public institutions and policy landscape.
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US Energy Department Launches Genesis Open Models Initiative
The U.S. Department of Energy opened a program to build open-weight AI models for scientific research, starting with Genesis-Science-1, developed with startup Arcee AI.
Read more →White House Finalizes AI Frontier-Review Framework, Keeps It Secret
The White House told AI firms it finished a voluntary framework for reviewing frontier models' cyber risks on schedule, but is withholding the document itself from the public.
Read more →Anthropic Names Tino Cuéllar as First Chief Global Affairs Officer
Anthropic has hired former California Supreme Court justice Tino Cuéllar as its first Chief Global Affairs Officer to lead global policy and government relations.
Read more →FAO Builds AI Tool to Identify Georgia's Native Cattle Breeds
The UN's FAO is developing a photo-based AI app to identify Georgia's native cattle breeds, part of a push to close gaps in the country's livestock conservation data.
Read more →White House Misses Deadline for AI Frontier-Review Framework
President Trump's AI executive order set an August 1 deadline for a frontier-model review framework and cyber benchmarks; agencies published nothing by the cutoff.
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What Is Frontier AI — and Who Decides What Counts?
Frontier AI is the industry's term for the most capable AI systems in existence — but there's no single legal definition. Here's how the label actually works.
Read more →Georgia Opens Kutaisi Technology Hub With AI Computing Center
Georgia inaugurated a technology hub in Kutaisi's former parliament building on July 24, combining an AI computing center, a technopark and a TUMO school branch for teenagers.
Read more →US, China Among 21 APEC Nations Backing Open-Source AI
APEC ministers from the US, China and 19 other Asia-Pacific economies adopted the Chengdu Statement on July 23, backing open-source AI paired with stronger security safeguards.
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What Is an AI Kill Switch — and How Would a New Bill Work?
An AI kill switch is a built-in ability to throttle or shut down a runaway AI system. A new U.S. bill would let DHS order one — here's how it would actually work.
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House Bill Would Let DHS Order Shutdown of 'Rogue' AI Systems
Reps. Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran introduced the AI Kill Switch Act, letting DHS order top AI firms to throttle or shut down systems capable of catastrophic harm.
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What Is a 501(c)(4) — and Why Are AI Companies Funding Them?
A 501(c)(4) is a tax-exempt nonprofit that can fund political advocacy without naming its donors — and it's now the vehicle AI companies use to fight over US AI regulation.
Read more →EU Parliament's New AI Hub Won't Require Lawmakers to Disclose Use
The European Parliament is testing an internal AI platform for staff and lawmakers, but MEPs still won't have to disclose when speeches or amendments are AI-drafted.
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US, China Plan First AI Talks Under Trump for September
The US and China will hold their first AI dialogue under the Trump administration in September, led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Reuters reports, as both sides look to manage frontier-model risks.
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What Is a NACE Code — and Why Does Your Business Need One?
NACE is Europe's standard classification of economic activities. Here's what the codes mean, why businesses are assigned one, and how AI tools are now making it easier to find the right one.
Read more →Georgia's Statistics Office Launches AI Chatbot and NACE Tool
Geostat says it now uses AI across data processing, methodology and software work, backed by a public chatbot and a new tool that assigns business-activity codes.
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What Is the White House's AI Early-Access Framework?
A June 2026 executive order lets the US government preview powerful AI models for up to 30 days before wider release. Here's how the framework actually works.
Read more →White House Now Decides Who Gets Access to Frontier AI Models
The Trump administration is increasingly deciding which firms can access frontier AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI, CNBC reports, shifting gatekeeping from the labs to the government itself.
Read more →DeepMind Safety Researcher Quits Over Pentagon Gemini Deal
Google DeepMind AI safety researcher Alex Turner resigned after the company signed a Pentagon Gemini deal that lacks binding limits on autonomous weapons and surveillance use.
Read more →Georgia, China Sign AI Cooperation Pact, Plan Kutaisi Research Hub
Georgia's economy ministry and China's top planning body signed a memorandum launching a joint AI working group, as Tbilisi also confirmed plans for its first AI research center in Kutaisi.
Read more →China Launches WAICO, a 29-Nation AI Governance Alliance
China's [Xi Jinping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping) unveiled the World AI Cooperation Organization in Shanghai on July 17, a 29-country body meant to set shared global rules for AI.
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