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

- **Record type**: Change log entry
- **Occurred on**: 2023-12-18
- **Jurisdiction**: International organisations (OECD, UNESCO, UN, G7, ISO)
- **Instrument**: ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Information technology – Artificial intelligence – Management system
- **Impact level**: Routine
- **Status after the change**: Voluntary standard

## What changed

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.

## What it means in practice

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

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2023-12-18-iso-iec-42001-published
- **Official source**: https://www.iso.org/standard/42001
- **Source document**: ISO/IEC 42001:2023
- **Published by**: International Organization for Standardization
- **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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