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

- **Record type**: Change log entry
- **Occurred on**: 2023-10-30
- **Jurisdiction**: International organisations (OECD, UNESCO, UN, G7, ISO)
- **Instrument**: Hiroshima Process International Code of Conduct for Organizations Developing Advanced AI Systems (G7, 30 October 2023)
- **Impact level**: Routine
- **Status after the change**: Voluntary standard

## What changed

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.

## What it means in practice

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.

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2023-10-30-g7-hiroshima-code-of-conduct
- **Official source**: https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/100573473.pdf
- **Source document**: Hiroshima Process International Code of Conduct for Organizations Developing Advanced AI Systems
- **Published by**: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
- **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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