Information Governance in the AI age
Recent incidents show why advanced AI agents require technical containment, least privilege, monitoring and effective human control. Four disclosures between 24 July and 6 August 2026 have brought the cyber risks of increasingly capable AI agents into sharper focus. On 21 July, OpenAI disclosed that a combination of its […]
Australia’s national-interest approach is emerging as other major jurisdictions recalibrate AI security, innovation and regulation. On 15 July 2026, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced(opens in new tab) that the Australian Government would establish an Office of AI within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and develop a […]
The United States is prioritising frontier-model security review and national-security cooperation while continuing to resist comprehensive national AI regulation. The United States has directed the development of a voluntary pre-release security review framework for certain proprietary models with advanced cyber capabilities. Under Executive Order 14409, developers would be able […]
China is combining rapid AI capability development with detailed rules governing public-facing services, personal information, user safety and vulnerable groups. China continues to combine rapid AI capability development with detailed regulation of public-facing AI services and personal information. Its Interim Measures for Artificial Intelligence Anthropomorphic Interaction Services commenced on […]
The European Union is commencing key AI Act transparency requirements while simplifying and extending parts of its high-risk regulatory regime. The European Union is simultaneously implementing and modifying its AI framework. From 2 August 2026, Article 50 of the AI Act applies to providers and deployers of specified AI […]
InfoGovANZ has released new guidance on Agentic AI: Information Governance, Risk and Practical Controls. It is intended for information governance, privacy, cybersecurity, records, legal, risk, procurement, technology, audit and business leaders assessing or deploying agentic AI. Agentic AI differs from conventional generative AI in that it can go beyond producing a […]
The Digital Transformation Agency has released an Agentic AI addendum to the AI Technical Standard for Australian Government. The addendum supplements the existing technical standard and should be read with the broader Australian Government AI policy and assurance framework. While the addendum is directed to Australian Government agencies, its treatment […]
On 29 June 2026, the Council of the European Union gave final approval to the regulation simplifying aspects of the implementation of the EU AI Act, commonly described as the Digital Omnibus on AI. The measure forms part of the EU’s wider ‘Omnibus VII’ simplification package. The application of […]
On 28 May 2026, New Zealand’s government passed the Social Security (Modernisation) Amendment Bill, enabling automated electronic systems to be used in social security administration, including to make decisions on behalf of the Ministry of Social Development about people’s benefits. Government messaging has emphasised modernisation, reduced delays, error reduction and […]
The OAIC is seeking views to inform guidance on the new ADM transparency obligation under APP 1.7 to 1.9. The consultation is directed to Commonwealth agencies, private sector organisations, civil society, academia and other interested stakeholders, with feedback intended to help identify key issues, perspectives and implementation gaps. The new […]
The OAIC has updated Chapter 3 of the APP Guidelines, which deals with APP 3 and the collection of solicited personal information. The updates are particularly relevant to AI and data governance because they apply APP 3 principles to contemporary technology use cases such as artificial intelligence and facial recognition, […]
The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre has co-authored joint guidance on the careful adoption of agentic AI services with key Five Eyes cyber partners, including the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the United States National Security Agency, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, the New Zealand […]
APRA’s April 2026 letter to all APRA-regulated entities provides a concise but significant statement of supervisory expectations. APRA recognises that AI can create productivity and efficiency benefits, but also warns that it can create new risks and escalate existing challenges. The letter is most relevant for financial services, but its […]
ASIC’s 8 May 2026 open letter to AFS licensees and market participants frames frontier AI as a significant shift in the cyber threat landscape. ASIC’s message is not limited to organisations developing AI. It is directed to entities that may be targeted by AI-enabled cyber threats and that must maintain […]
The Vatican’s Antiqua et nova, Note on the Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence, frames AI as a question of human dignity, judgement, moral responsibility and the limits of technology. For governance professionals, that ethical frame matters because many organisational AI controls can become too procedural if they are […]
On 2 June 2026, The White House issued an Executive Order, Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security. The order emphasises collaboration with the private sector to modernise government and private sector information systems, harden systems against external threats, protect American ingenuity and intellectual property, and cultivate advanced AI-enabled capabilities. […]
On 26 May 2026, China issued guidelines to regulate and promote the innovative development of AI agents. The document defines AI agents as intelligent systems capable of autonomous perception, memory, decision-making, interaction and execution, and stresses safety and controllability, orderliness and standardisation, innovation-driven growth and application-oriented traction. China’s framework is […]
Singapore’s Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI provides one of the most practical current frameworks for organisations deploying AI agents, whether developed in-house or sourced from third-party providers. It recognises that continuous human oversight over all agent workflows becomes impractical at scale and therefore focuses on structured governance of […]
U.S.-based research published in March 2026 has found that while AI productivity gains are real, they are uneven and often slower to materialise than the hype suggests. The NBER working paper, Artificial Intelligence, Productivity, and the Workforce, draws on a survey of nearly 750 financial executives, primarily from U.S. organisations, […]
On 26 March 2026, the White House released its National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence together with legislative recommendations, which builds on America’s AI Action Plan released in July 2025 and the 11 December 2025 Executive Order – Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence. Taken together, these documents set out the […]
