Artificial Intelligence Policy Tracker

AI policy changes in 2023

17 recorded changes across 13 jurisdictions, each linked to an official source. 2 marked urgent or high-impact.

Changes
17
Jurisdictions
13
Urgent / high
2
Instruments affected
16
Indonesia Routine

Circular Letter No. 9/2023 on AI Ethics signed by the Minister

Milestone recorded for Surat Edaran Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika Nomor 9 Tahun 2023 tentang Etika Kecerdasan Artifisial (Indonesia): Circular Letter No. 9/2023 on AI Ethics signed by the Minister. Recorded from the official source listed.

Surat Edaran Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika Nomor 9 Tahun 2023 tentang Etika Kecerdasan Artifisial Circular Letter No. 9/2023 on AI Ethics signed by the Minister Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
International organisations (OECD, UNESCO, UN, G7, ISO) Routine Voluntary standard

ISO/IEC 42001, the first AI management-system standard, is published

ISO and IEC published ISO/IEC 42001:2023, a certifiable management-system standard for organisations developing, providing or using AI, with lifecycle controls in Annex A.

Practical impact: Organisations can certify AI governance; procurement and regulators increasingly reference it as evidence.

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 AI management system ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
Israel Routine Adopted

Israel adopts a sector-based, risk-based national AI regulation and ethics policy

The Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Justice published Israel's AI policy, preferring sector regulation and soft tools over a horizontal law, with common ethical principles and a coordination centre.

Practical impact: Organisations in Israel should expect sector regulators, not a single AI law, to set requirements.

AI regulation and ethics policy (2023) Israel's Policy on Artificial Intelligence Regulation and Ethics Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)

28 countries and the EU sign the Bletchley Declaration on AI safety

At the first AI Safety Summit, signatories including the US, China and the EU agreed to cooperate on identifying and managing frontier-AI safety risks, launching the summit series and the network of AI safety institutes.

Practical impact: Signals that frontier-model safety evaluation would become a shared government priority; no direct obligations.

Bletchley Declaration (AI Safety Summit 2023) The Bletchley Declaration Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
International organisations (OECD, UNESCO, UN, G7, ISO) Routine Voluntary standard

G7 leaders publish the Hiroshima Process code of conduct for advanced AI developers

G7 leaders agreed international guiding principles and a voluntary code of conduct with eleven actions for organisations developing advanced AI systems, including risk evaluation, incident monitoring, transparency reporting and content authentication.

Practical impact: Frontier and foundation-model developers gained a common voluntary baseline that later fed into the OECD reporting framework and the EU GPAI code of practice.

G7 Hiroshima AI Process code of conduct Hiroshima Process International Code of Conduct for Organizations Developing Advanced AI Systems Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
Canada Routine

Code published with initial signatories

Milestone recorded for Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Responsible Development and Management of Advanced Generative AI Systems (Canada): Code published with initial signatories. Recorded from the official source listed.

Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Responsible Development and Management of Advanced Generative AI Systems Code published with initial signatories Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
Quebec (Canada) High at the time In force

Quebec Law 25 automated-decision and biometric provisions take effect

The second tranche of Law 25 came into force, requiring enterprises to inform individuals of decisions based exclusively on automated processing, explain factors on request, allow observations, declare biometric databases and run privacy impact assessments.

Practical impact: Any organisation making fully automated decisions about Quebec residents must add notices, explanation and human-review channels.

Quebec Law 25 (automated decisions and biometrics) S.Q. 2021, c. 25 Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
China Routine

Measures published (Order No. 15, dated 10 July 2023)

Milestone recorded for Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services (China): Measures published (Order No. 15, dated 10 July 2023). Recorded from the official source listed.

Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services Measures published (Order No. 15, dated 10 July 2023) Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
New York (United States) High at the time In force

New York City begins enforcing Local Law 144 on automated employment decision tools

The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection started enforcing bias-audit, published-summary and candidate-notice requirements for automated employment decision tools used for hiring or promotion in the city.

Practical impact: Employers using screening tools for NYC roles need an annual independent bias audit and ten business days of notice to candidates.

NYC Local Law 144 (automated employment decision tools) Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
Canada Routine

Second reading passed; referred to the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology

Milestone recorded for Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (Canada): Second reading passed; referred to the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology. Recorded from the official source listed.

Artificial Intelligence and Data Act Second reading passed; referred to the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)
Rwanda Routine

Policy approved by Cabinet (per policy partners); full text published by MINICT

Milestone recorded for The National AI Policy (Rwanda): Policy approved by Cabinet (per policy partners); full text published by MINICT. Recorded from the official source listed.

The National AI Policy Policy approved by Cabinet (per policy partners); full text published by MINICT Verified (reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt; a factual check against the official source, not a legal review)

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