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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 AI Policy Tracker (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review or legal advice) Open official source Context file

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”. https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2019-05-22-oecd-ai-principles (accessed 27 September 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

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

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