AI policy changes in 2023

17 recorded changes across 13 jurisdictions, each linked to an official source.

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; details to be expanded by a reviewer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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; details to be expanded by a reviewer.

Quebec (Canada) High 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.

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; details to be expanded by a reviewer.

New York (United States) High 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.

Peru Routine

Law 31814 published in El Peruano

Milestone recorded for Ley N° 31814 (Peru): Law 31814 published in El Peruano. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.

Ley N° 31814 Law 31814 published in El Peruano Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026
Argentina Routine

Published in the Boletín Oficial

Milestone recorded for Disposición 2/2023 (Argentina): Published in the Boletín Oficial. Recorded from the official source listed; details to be expanded by a reviewer.

Disposición 2/2023 Published in the Boletín Oficial Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026
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; details to be expanded by a reviewer.

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