The Policy Brief - AI & Tech Policy

The AI Divide Won’t Be About Access. It Will Be About Agency.

AI is becoming easier to access. Building the institutions and capacity to shape it is harder.

Sep 17 • Samuel Abinsinguza

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July 2026

Understanding AI Requires More Than Keeping Up With the News

How a small global community is using structured conversations to understand AI and build the policy intelligence needed to shape its future

Jul 11 • Samuel Abinsinguza

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June 2026

The Week the Government Switched Off a Frontier Model

A frontier AI model went live on a Tuesday and dark by Friday. Not a bug. A letter. Here is the chain of events, and the bigger shift moving underneath…

Jun 13 • Samuel Abinsinguza

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The AI Ecosystem, Without the Fog

A practical map for understanding how chatbots became agents, coding coworkers, research systems, and task-execution engines.

Jun 1 • Samuel Abinsinguza

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February 2026

The Memo That Crashed the Stock Market — And Why You Should Actually Read It!

A clear-eyed breakdown of Citrini Research’s “2028 Global Intelligence Crisis” — what it says, what it means, and what almost everyone is missing.

Feb 24 • Samuel Abinsinguza

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International AI Safety Report 2026: What Everyone’s Missing About Frontier AI

A brief walkthrough of what the 2026 International AI Safety Report actually says about frontier capabilities, emerging risks, and the governance gaps…

Feb 7 • Samuel Abinsinguza

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January 2026

Meta’s $2B Bet on Manus: From Chat to Actionable A.I. - What the Deal Means

Meta did not just buy another AI startup. It bought a working prototype of the future digital workforce. Here are the details.

Jan 9 • Samuel Abinsinguza

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November 2025

What We Miss When We Talk About Chatbots and Self-Harm.

There is a profound crisis unfolding in the world of Artificial Intelligence, and it has tragically moved from theoretical concern to documented…

Nov 11, 2025 • Samuel Abinsinguza

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October 2025

AI in October: Breakthroughs, Backlashes, and the Quiet Battles That Matter Most - The Month Everything Changed (And Nothing Did)

From billion-dollar chip deals and video-generating models to global regulations and calls to ban superintelligence, this issue of The Policy Brief…

Oct 29, 2025 • Samuel Abinsinguza

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September 2025

The World Is Studying AI. Some Are Already Steering It. But NO ONE Is Doing This One Thing.

The story of AI governance isn’t just risk vs. innovation, it’s about how technology travels, which laws we overlook, and why the real export might be…

Sep 17, 2025 • Samuel Abinsinguza

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National Strategies: How Countries Are Charting Their AI Governance Paths

Beyond global rules, the true AI competition is happening at the national level. How does the US's market-driven model stack up against China's…

Sep 3, 2025 • Samuel Abinsinguza

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August 2025

The Regulatory Revolution: How the EU AI Act is Reshaping Global AI Governance

This essential guide breaks down the critical risk-based approach, from outright banned practices to the extensive requirements for high-risk AI…

Aug 27, 2025 • Samuel Abinsinguza