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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 25/09/2026

1/ China AI Bulletin Issue 12 is out: developments from September 9–23 (plus the Trump–Xi summit). Xi and Trump discussed AI, but no AI agreement. Also: a proposed BRICS AI open-source zone and Alibaba says Qwen3.8-Max made progress toward recursive self-improvement. 🧵

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 18/09/2026

1/ New China AI Bulletin special issue: China's AI Safety Governance Framework v3.0 came out on September 14. It gives frontier risks more concrete treatment, but the bigger expansions are agents, embodied AI, and a regulatory sandbox proposal. 🧵

China AI Bulletin Special Issue 2 cover card, titled 'the AI Safety Governance Framework 3.0,' with a subtitle on frontier risk, agent, and embodied AI governance.

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 17/09/2026

1/ Frontier AI keeps getting more capable, so how do we regulate its unique risks? I've been digging into that for China with legal experts worldwide, including some who authored China's academic draft AI laws: "Considerations for Frontier AI Governance in China." 🧵

Cover of the report 'Considerations for Frontier AI Governance in China: Adapting Existing Regulatory Infrastructure to Frontier Risk,' listing its authors.

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 11/09/2026

1/ China AI Bulletin Issue 11 is out: China's top court issues the first nationwide rules for AI disputes, a CAC official names extreme loss of control among five major AI risks, and Huawei unveils the Kirin 9050 Pro. Thread:

Title card for China AI Bulletin Issue 11: light blue capitals on a dark blue background, with chinaaibulletin.substack.com along the bottom.

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 14/08/2026

1/ What happened in Chinese AI governance, development, and safety over the last two weeks? Issue 9 of the China AI Bulletin is out. Highlights below 🧵👇

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 03/08/2026

1/ And last week’s regular Bulletin is also worth a read! China's domestic AI governance, a big batch of standards, the UN and APEC tracks, new models, and a biosecurity safety paper worth your attention. 🧵👇

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 03/08/2026

1/ I was on the ground at the World AI conference. What I saw is in a special issue of the China AI Bulletin, plus a breakdown of Moonshot’s Kimi-K3. 🧵👇

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 16/06/2026

Delighted to be part of the latest ChinaFile Conversation. I wrote on a layer rarely covered in the West: China's academic AI law drafts tackling liability, training data, whistleblowers & agents. www.chinafile.com/conversation/are-…

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 05/06/2026

What happened in Chinese AI governance, development, and safety in the last few weeks? Read on for highlights of Issue 5 of the China AI Bulletin 🧵👇

China AI Bulletin 5 in white text on a blue background

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 22/05/2026

What happened in Chinese AI governance, development, and safety in the last few weeks? Issue 4 of the China AI Bulletin is out. Read on for highlights 🧵👇

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 05/05/2026

Issue 3 of the China AI Bulletin is out! This edition: China finalizes its Human-Like AI Interim Measures, DeepSeek and Moonshot launch new flagship models, and the NDRC blocks Meta's $2B Manus acquisition. Read it here: chinaaibulletin.substack.com/p/china-ai-b...

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China AI Bulletin 3

Developments from 8/4/26-29/4/26

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 10/04/2026

📬 Issue 2 of the China #AI Bulletin is out! This edition: Alibaba breaks with open-weight tradition with Qwen 3.6-Plus, Zhipu open-sources a model claiming #1 on SWE-Bench Pro, MIIT extends #AIethics regulation to the research stage, and TC260 launches a coordinated push on agent security standards.

On a dramatic blue background: China AI Bulletin 2

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 26/01/2026

📬 What if we Claudified the US constitution? I rewrote the US Constitution in the style of Claude's—turns out Madison and Anthropic have very different theories of control. 🧵

on an abstract gold feather background: ER 41: The US Constitution, Claudified

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 25/01/2026

There is no faster route to self-knowledge than measuring the pixel distance between your pupils for a Chinese visa photo. Unfortunately, that knowledge is just a detailed inventory of all your minor facial asymmetries.

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 19/01/2026

🔍 WR 75: A really bad week for xAI — Highlights from the latest Weekly Reckoning. Major setbacks for Elon Musk’s xAI/Grok and a broader shake-up in the AI world. 1/

On a hazy black background: WR 75: A really bad week for xAI
Weekly Reckoning for the week of 19/1/26

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 05/01/2026

The Weekly Reckoning is back! Get briefed on the tech news of the week (Grok's latest meltdown, China's new AI companion law, and insider trading in prediction markets), plus some musings on the excellent podcast BETH'S DEAD. 🔗👇

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 19/12/2025

Slightly longer hiatus than planned 🫣 but the ER is back with a new edition on the Digital Vulnerabilities in the Age of AI (DIVAS) summit. Curious about how AI makes us vulnerable in new contexts? Check it out here: ethicalreckoner.subs...

on a pink and red background: ER 40: DIVAS Dispatches

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 01/12/2025

My new indicator of AI-generated academic text is slightly random three-word groupings at the end of paragraphs. Ex: "XYZ is important for legibility, visibility, and control."

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 27/10/2025

If things have been a little quiet around here recently, it's because I've been working towards this (slightly underwhelming) email... but now, it's #disserdone!

An email in Italian and English. The English:
Dear Emma Elizabeth Hine,

this is to confirm that your thesis was successfully submitted on 26/10/2025 at 22:52.

Kind regards

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 02/10/2025

Dissertation update: word and zotero have teamed up to stage an eleventh-hour rebellion. They shall be brought to heel. #academia

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 25/09/2025

Pleased that my and @floridi.bsky.social's article on US state #AI legislation is an Editor's Pick in the latest issue of the Journal of AI Law & Regulation! Want to understand the major tensions in AI regulation? 🔗👇, + our other piece on the US AI Action Plan. #STS #philtech @yaledec.bsky.social

A screenshot showing that From No-Win to No-Lose: Legislating AI in US States is an Editor's Pick in the Journal of AI Law and Regulation

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 16/09/2025

🚨 new preprint from me and @floridi.bsky.social! We put the #AI Action Plan in context—how is it a continuation of existing US #AIgovernance efforts, what’s new, and what does it mean for China competition? 🔗👇 @ssrn.bsky.social @yaledec.bsky.social #academia #sts #philtech

SSRN page for Winning the AI Race? The US AI Action Plan in Context

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 11/09/2025

🚨 Interested in infrastructure ethics? (Wait, don’t go!) New preprint “Extended Reality as a Fundamentally Mediated Reality” argues that XR isn’t just a cool tech, but infrastructures that shape our realities ➡️ urgent questions about equity, governance, and ethics. 🔗👇

The SSRN page for "Extended Reality as a Fundamentally Mediated Reality: XR Infrastructure and the Ethics of Experience"

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 08/09/2025

📬 Anthropic settles its copyright case, Google avoids a break-up, and Grok swings right. Plus, why the EU needs a DeepSeek, not a Mistral. All this in today’s newsletter: ethicalreckoner.subs... #philtech #sts #newsletter

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WR 72: Anthropic settles; Google persists

Weekly Reckoning for the week of 8/9/25

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

1. If passengers book a flight from the EU and it is canceled or significantly delayed, they are entitled to cash compensation — $300 to $700. In the US, flyers were supposed to get similar rights soon. But those plans have been scrapped by the Trump administration. Here's how it happened. 🧵

After a $62 billion federal bailout, the airline industry secures the repeal of a key consumer protection.

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 05/09/2025

Anthropic is very, very relieved about this. Max penalties would have been extinction; this is <1% of their valuation.

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 01/09/2025

#ICYMI, a post on #AI companies from last year that's just as relevant today with the continuation of the lawsuits, employee poaching, and sky-high valuations! #philtech #sts

On a brown and red background:
[REDUX] ER 30: On Beatlemania and OpenAI
Or, why AI companies are better thought of as bands.

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 28/08/2025

This should have said "an inevitable future business model"--because we all know ads are coming 🫠

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 27/08/2025

Recently have been seeing the "attention economy" narrative applied to #genAI--ie, that gen #AI companies are trying to maximize engagement to maximize profit. But I'm not convinced this is the case. #tech

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 25/08/2025

I think my junk conference invites have peaked. #IEvenCompost

Dear Emmie Hine,

We are thrilled to extend a special invitation for you to join us as a distinguished speaker at the International Recycling Event, to be held virtually in October, 14, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM ET.

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 22/08/2025

Maybe peer review takes so long because they're trying to fax invitations. #academia

A text box that asks for suggestions for alternative referees, including an email, phone number, or fax number.

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 22/08/2025

#AIsafety collaboration could be a gateway to broader #AIgovernance cooperation between the US and China. Thinking a lot about cooperative levers these days... time.com/7308857/chi... #AI

time.com

China Is Taking AI Safety Seriously. So Must the U.S.

"Chinese leaders may have a lesson for the West’s AI boosters: true speed requires control," writes Brian Tse.

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 20/08/2025

Some "creative" ingredients in this Google shakshuka rundown... I can't say I'll be adding "mix" or "your fingers" (not mine, yours).

A screenshot of a google search page for shakshuka. Ingredients listed under them include "smoked," "mix", and "your fingers"

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 19/08/2025

#ICYMI: The week's tech news you need to know--including what's behind "AI psychosis," Meta's shocking guidelines allowing "sensual" chats with children, and how AI is helping design antibiotics. Plus, the opening bid for Chrome is in (no, it's not for sale... yet) 🔗👇

On a swirly abstract green background:
WR 71: AI psychosis; is Chrome for sale?
Weekly Reckoning for the week of 18/8/25

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 12/08/2025

ICYMI: ChatGPT-5 murdered a bunch of AI "boyfriends" (and girlfriends). That and more in this week's newsletter: ethicalreckoner.subs...

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WR 70: The death of an AI boyfriend

Weekly Reckoning for the week of 11/8/25

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 09/08/2025

I don't think my local coffee shop set out to be the perfect place to distill all my thoughts about the AI Action Plan, but they somehow have become that.

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 04/08/2025

Two pieces for your Monday enjoyment! First, the weekly newsletter, featuring UK #OnlineSafetyAct age gates, Anthropic's anti-evil chatbot work, and a special guest contribution arguing that a recent court case might make NFTs relevant again 🔗👇

On an abstract green background with a gate:
WR 69: Age gates and chatbot vaccines
Weekly Reckoning for the week of 4/8/25

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 30/07/2025

Now fascinated by #tsunami science. How can we have such granular understanding of hurricanes and earthquakes themselves but have such little idea of how many waves/how big they'll be? Is it a lack of observation infrastructure?

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 29/07/2025

What happened in the #Anthropic and #Meta copyright cases? Is fair use the fairest way to decide if training LLMs on copyrighted material is ok? This week's newsletter digs into these questions 🔗👇 #techethics #philtech #AI

On an abstract blue background with the copyright C:
ER 39: A Tale of Two Copyright Cases
Or, is fair use fair?

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 29/07/2025

Between this very cool EMG wristband and the news that Ray-Ban Meta sales have tripled, it's a good day to be Meta XR.

Meta Unveils Wristband for Controlling Computers With Hand Gestures
When you write your name in the air, you can see the letters appear on your smartphone.
Three pictures of a hand with a wristband making different gestures

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 28/07/2025

Great translation from @jeffreyding.bsky.social of ChinAI confirming what we all kind of suspected: the DeepSeek integration wave was largely hype. chinai.substack.com/...

chinai.substack.com

ChinAI #321: Shallow, Narrow, and Slow — the reality of China's DeepSeek adoption

Greetings from a world where…

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 26/07/2025

Four days in SF by the numbers: - Fun street sculptures: 5 - Hoverboards: 3 (apparently they’re still a thing?) - Ray-Ban Metas (noticed): 3 - Cybertrucks: 2 - “More espresso, less depresso” signs: 2 (get creative, guys!) - Men declaiming about TikTok witches and voice-to-skull communication: 1

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 26/07/2025

The difference between "business casual" in the Bay Area and DC is staggering. Basically👖 vs 🎩

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 23/07/2025

Another AI Action Plan contradiction "reject radical climate dogma"... but "embrace new energy generation sources" (geothermal, fission, fusion).

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 23/07/2025

US in AI Action Plan: "Impose strong export controls on sensitive technologies." US in rare earth negotiations: "Sure, have some Nvidia H20s." Still reading through the full AI Action Plan, but... off to a great start?

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Align Protection Measures Globally
America must impose strong export controls on sensitive technologies. We should encourage
partners and allies to follow U.S. controls, and not backfill. If they do, America should use tools
such as the Foreign Direct Product Rule and secondary tariffs to achieve greater international
alignment.

Reuters headline screenshot: Nvidia's resumption of AI chips to China is part of rare earths talks, says US
By Jarrett Renshaw and Karen Freifeld

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 22/07/2025

The New England mind (mine) cannot comprehend summer weather that isn’t soup (SF)

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 21/07/2025

📬 Today's WR: Meta's kicked off AI researcher draft season, China drops a second “DeepSeek moment,” hosting sites deepfake model whack-a-mole, and Android phones quietly become earthquake sentinels. Finally: why are people falling in love with AI chatbots? 🧵⬇️

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WR 68: AI researcher silly season has commenced
Weekly Reckoning for the week of 21/7/25
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