# OECD adopts the first intergovernmental AI Principles

- **Record type**: Change log entry
- **Occurred on**: 2019-05-22
- **Jurisdiction**: International organisations (OECD, UNESCO, UN, G7, ISO)
- **Instrument**: OECD Recommendation of the Council on Artificial Intelligence (OECD/LEGAL/0449), adopted 22 May 2019 and revised 3 May 2024
- **Impact level**: High
- **Status after the change**: Adopted

## 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 it means in practice

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

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2019-05-22-oecd-ai-principles
- **Official source**: https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/instruments/OECD-LEGAL-0449
- **Source document**: OECD/LEGAL/0449
- **Published by**: OECD
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: AI Policy Tracker (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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