Ctrl+AI+Reg - 3 June 2025
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AI Regulation Updates
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Updates from ISO, EU x UAE, China, Australia, EU, the Netherlands, Germany, US.
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Global
🌐 [2 June 2025] ISO/IEC 42005:2025 released: The ISO has published ISO/IEC 42005 which provides guidance for organisations conducting AI system impact assessments. These assessments focus on understanding how AI systems — and their foreseeable applications — may affect individuals, groups, or society at large. The standard supports transparency, accountability and trust in AI by helping organisations identify, evaluate and document potential impacts throughout the AI system lifecycle.
🇪🇺 🇦🇪 [27 May 2025] EU and UAE negotiate free trade agreement, covering AI: The European Union and the United Arab Emirates have formally launched negotiations for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement. The agreement aims to reduce tariffs on goods and enhance the movement of services, digital trade, and investment between the parties. The agreement is expected to lay the groundwork for cooperation in digital trade and emerging technologies, including AI, Fintech, advanced digital infrastructure, space technologies, and smart logistics
Asia
🇨🇳 [26 May 2025] China’s Supreme People’s Court designates generative AI case as a "Typical Case": China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) has released the "Typical cases on the fifth anniversary of the promulgation of the Civil Code" (民法典颁布五周年典型案例) including one generative AI case in which the Beijing Internet Court held that an AI-generated voice infringed a dubber’s personality rights. While China is not a common law country, designating a case as a Guiding Case or Typical Case is analogous to a US Court marking a case as precedential in that the SPC is indicating to lower courts to adjudicate future cases in accordance with this decision.
Oceania
🇦🇺 [2 June 2025] Business Council of Australia calls for "clear, practical" AI regulations: The Business Council of Australia has released a landmark report titled "Accelerating Australia’s AI Agenda" which calls for the Australian government to create "clear, practical and risk-based AI regulations that encourage innovation" as well as an Australian AI Safety Institute (AAISI).