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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. 🧵

China AI Bulletin 12 cover on a dark blue background

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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 25/09/2025

And our piece outlining how the #AIActionPlan fits into US AI governance. Winning the AI Race? The US AI Action Plan in Context: aire.lexxion.eu/arti...

Header of Winning the AI Race? The US AI Action Plan in Context

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

From No-Win to No-Lose: Legislating AI in US States: aire.lexxion.eu/arti...

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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 04/08/2025

Next up: a short piece in the Australian Outlook about the US and China's different approaches to #AI governance, and possible points of engagement: www.internationalaff...

Article header screenshot:
AI’s Great Power Paradox: Cooperation and Competition in the US-China Tech Rivalry
By Emmie Hine

A picture of Xi Jinping and Joe Biden shaking hands.

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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 · 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 · 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?

A screenshot:
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 · 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? 🧵⬇️

On an abstract multicolored background:
WR 68: AI researcher silly season has commenced
Weekly Reckoning for the week of 21/7/25
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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 18/07/2025

New Haven is trying to set the world record for largest (a)pizza party. What constitutes an official pizza party? Mandatory observed consumption of two slices (crusts excluded). What's the official definition of the crust-slice border? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

EventBrite page for GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Largest Pizza Party - New Haven, CT

"Each group of 100 will have a steward who will witness each participant eating the two slices (you don’t need to eat the crust)."

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 17/07/2025

🚨 How can #OpenSource principles keep pace with the rise of generative #AI? A new #preprint from the @yaledec.bsky.social proposes the Contextual Copyleft AI (CCAI) license — a new way to extend copyleft protections from open source code to the models trained on it. 🧵⬇️ #sts #philtech #OSAI

The Case for Contextual Copyleft: Licensing Open Source Training Data and Generative AI
19 Pages Posted:
Grant Shanklin
Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; Yale University - Department of Computer Science

Emmie Hine
Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; University of Bologna- Department of Legal Studies; KU Leuven - Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP)

Claudio Novelli
Yale University - Digital Ethics Center

Tyler Schroder
The MITRE Corporation; Yale University - Digital Ethics Center

Luciano Floridi
Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; University of Bologna- Department of Legal Studies

Date Written: July 16, 2025

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 14/07/2025

📬 This week's newsletter: Grok goes max hate speech (again), the EU's new AI Code of Practice, and whether #AI helps coders (hint: it depends). Plus, why I *want* my content to be scraped... but not everyone will. 🔗👇 #philtech #sts

On a hazy abstract background: WR 67: Grokking the EU's new AI rules
Weekly Reckoning for the week of 14/7/25
ethicalreckoner.substack.com

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 13/07/2025

I know I'm always on about how the publishing process takes too long, but I've never seen a more terrifying sight than this.

A screenshot of a peer review portal timeline.

Peer review
Submission status Date
First reviewer(s) invited
08 Jul 2025
Reviewer(s) accepted
08 Jul 2025
Reviewer report(s) received
08 Jul 2025

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 03/07/2025

🚨 How can we overcome the implementation gap and realize #AI’s potential benefits in global health? Spoiler alert: it’s not just more technology. We point out five fundamental infrastructure issues that need to be overcome for ethical AI implementation in global health. #techethics #academia #paper

A screenshot of an article header:
Global Health in the Age of AI: Charting a Course for Ethical Implementation and Societal Benefit
Published: 03 July 2025
Volume 35, article number 31, (2025)

There are many authors, starting with Jessica Rose Morley and Emmie Hine, and ending with Luciano Floridi

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 01/07/2025

If you're interested in reading more, check out our paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3...

An SSRN screenshot:

From No-Win to No-Lose: Legislating AI in US States
26 Pages Posted: 13 Jun 2025
Emmie Hine
Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; University of Bologna- Department of Legal Studies; KU Leuven - Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP)

Luciano Floridi
Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; University of Bologna- Department of Legal Studies

Date Written: June 07, 2025

Abstract omitted

Keywords: AI governance, AI policy, open-source AI, state AI legislation, technology regulation

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 01/07/2025

The state AI law ban is dead 🪦 Bad news: we have to revise our paper on state AI legislation Good news: states will be able to legislate key state-specific AI issues Bad news #2: we still won't have comprehensive federal AI legislation

A WSJ headline:

Senate Votes to Remove Ban on State AI Laws From GOP Megabill
Many lawmakers, including Republicans, felt the initial House language was too broad
By
Amrith Ramkumar
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Updated July 1, 2025 9:20 am ET

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 30/06/2025

This week in the Ethical Reckoner: XR is revolutionary as an accessibility technology, but it's rarely advertised as such. Why? Insights from #XRAccess2025 after the jump.

On a colorful abstract background:
ER 38: On XR as accessibility tech
Or, why do we rarely advertise when tech is for everyone?
https://ethicalreckoner.substack.com/

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 24/06/2025

#ICYMI: This week’s newsletter features the pope’s thoughts on #AI, China’s new centralized Internet ID for citizens, and the extremely personal #MetaAI Discovery feed. Plus, my maddening experience with “smart” traffic lights. 🔗⬇️ #techethics #philtech

On an abstract background:
WR 66: Papal AI
Weekly Reckoning for the week of 23/6/25
ethicalreckoner.substack.com

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 24/06/2025

Next time I'm late to a meeting: "Sorry, it was... various issues."

A summarized push notification from Amtrak: Train 172 is late due to various issues.

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 10/06/2025

#ICYMI: new Weekly Reckoning! Feat. an update on the "sad beige" influencer lawsuit, the hot "#AI" coding app that was actually just human engineers, and reflections on #NYTechWeek. 🔗 ⬇️ #STS #philtech

On a beige background:
WR 65: When AI is just... people
Weekly Reckoning for the week of 9/6/25
Jun 09, 2025
ethicalreckoner.substack.com

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 09/06/2025

Didn't get a chance to attend the @yaledec.bsky.social Summit on State #AI Legislation? Now you can find the key takeaways in this pre-print! We break down key tensions in AI policy and propose solutions to mitigate them, ensuring that AI regulation and innovation support each other. Read it ⬇️

From No-Win to No-Lose: Legislating AI in US States
26 Pages Posted:
Emmie Hine
Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; University of Bologna- Department of Legal Studies; KU Leuven - Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP)

Luciano Floridi
Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; University of Bologna- Department of Legal Studies

Date Written: June 07, 2025

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 02/06/2025

📬 This week's Weekly Reckoning, feat. the MAHA report's #AI citation hullaboo, AI law pre-emption, the NAACP vs. xAI, and mental health misinformation on #TikTok. Plus, do you have to worry about chatbot blackmail? (Hint: not yet) 🔗 ⬇️ #STS #philtech

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WR 64: Make Citations Fake Again
Weekly Reckoning for the week of 2/6/25
https://ethicalreckoner.substack.com/

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 29/05/2025

"Rubio said on Wednesday the United States will start revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields." ...does that perchance include #AI? So much for "innovation first."

A reuters headline:
US says it will start revoking visas for Chinese students
By Jasper Ward and Costas Pitas
May 28, 20257:41 PM EDTUpdated an hour ago

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 28/05/2025

Anyone care to guess how many clicks it took to figure out that my domain registration cost was increasing by $1/year after getting this inscrutable AWS email? Many. So many.

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 27/05/2025

No new newsletter this week because of the holiday, but #icymi last week's remains available for your perusal. Good news about CRISPR treatments, a paper fraud saga, and some musings on the purpose of education in the age of advanced #AI. #STS #philtech

On an abstract background in primary colors:
WR 63: Material girl fraud in an AI world
Weekly Reckoning for the week of 19/5/25
Emmie Hine
May 19, 2025
ethicalreckoner.substack.com

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Emmie Hine @emmiehine.com · 12/05/2025

A couple reader requests in today's Ethical Reckoner (including an #AI Hallucinations 101), plus an update on the CA #barexam chaos. Ever want to take a writing class from Agatha Christie? Ever think that idea sounds sketchy? Read more ⬇️ #STS #philtech

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WR 62: Hallucinations 101
Weekly Reckoning for the week of 12/5/25
Emmie Hine
May 12, 2025

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