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OECD adopts the first intergovernmental AI Principles

Concerns OECD AI Principles (Recommendation on AI)

Verified against the official source 26 Sep 2026 · reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review or legal advice)
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In brief

OECD adopts the first intergovernmental AI Principles. Recorded on 22 May 2019. It concerns OECD AI Principles (Recommendation on AI). The OECD Council adopted the Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence, setting five principles for trustworthy AI and five recommendations to governments; the G20 endorsed principles drawn from it in June 2019. Afterwards the instrument is recorded as adopted.

Date
22 May 2019
Jurisdiction
International organisations (OECD, UNESCO, UN, G7, ISO)
Instrument
OECD AI Principles (Recommendation on AI)
Impact
High
Status afterwards
Adopted
Official source
OECD

What changed?

The OECD Council adopted the Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence, setting five principles for trustworthy AI and five recommendations to governments; the G20 endorsed principles drawn from it in June 2019.

What does it mean in practice?

Baseline reference for national AI policies and later laws; organisations can map governance to its five principles.

Official source

OECD/LEGAL/0449OECD · 22 May 2019

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AIPolicyTracker (2026). “OECD adopts the first intergovernmental AI Principles” [AIPT-CHG-0006, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0006 (accessed 12 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Cite the official text alongside it: OECD/LEGAL/0449, OECD, https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/instruments/OECD-LEGAL-0449.

BibTeX 
@misc{aipolicytracker2026_oecdadoptsthefirstinterg,
  author       = {{AIPolicyTracker}},
  title        = {{OECD adopts the first intergovernmental AI Principles}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2019-05-22-oecd-ai-principles}},
  url          = {https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2019-05-22-oecd-ai-principles},
  urldate      = {2026-11-12},
  note         = {Data licensed CC BY 4.0. Accessed 12 November 2026}
}

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