Legal requirement
governance accountability
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European Union
EU AI Act · Article 26
Deployers of high-risk AI must take technical and organisational measures to use systems according to the instructions, assign human oversight, ensure input data is relevant where they control it, monitor operation, inform the provider and authorities of risks or serious incidents, keep logs, inform workers' representatives before deploying at the workplace, inform affected natural persons where decisions are made about them, and cooperate with authorities.
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Voluntary guidance
governance accountability
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India
India AI Governance Guidelines · Guiding principles and recommendations sections
The guidelines encourage organisations to embed principles such as fairness, accountability, safety and transparency, to classify and mitigate risks proportionately, and to participate in voluntary frameworks and incident reporting.
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Voluntary guidance
governance accountability
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United Kingdom
UK AI regulation framework · Principle 4, Part 3
Governance measures should ensure effective oversight of AI supply and use with clear lines of accountability across the lifecycle.
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Voluntary guidance
governance accountability
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Australia
Australian Voluntary AI Safety Standard · Guardrails 1 and 2
Guardrail 1 asks organisations to set up accountability processes including governance, internal capability and a strategy for regulatory compliance; guardrail 2 asks for a risk-management process to identify and mitigate risks across the AI lifecycle.
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Voluntary guidance
governance accountability
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United States
NIST AI RMF · GOVERN function
Govern covers policies and procedures for AI risk, roles and responsibilities, workforce diversity and training, organisational culture, stakeholder engagement, and third-party risk management. It is the cross-cutting function that supports the other three.
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Voluntary guidance
governance accountability
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Singapore
Singapore Model AI Governance Framework · Second edition, Part on internal governance structures and measures
Organisations should adapt existing governance to AI: clear roles and responsibilities, board and senior management oversight, risk-management and internal controls, and staff training.
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Voluntary guidance
governance accountability
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Nepal
Nepal National AI Policy · Policy objectives and strategies (to be confirmed against the official text)
The policy commits the government to ethical, transparent and inclusive AI, data governance and institutional oversight. The specific strategies and any obligations on private actors must be confirmed from the official document; this record intentionally does not state details that could not be verified.
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Voluntary guidance
governance accountability
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United Arab Emirates
UAE AI Strategy 2031 · Strategy objectives on governance and ethics (reviewer to cite the section)
The strategy commits the government to ensure effective governance and regulation of AI and to promote ethical AI, which led to the AI Ethics Principles and Guidelines and the 2024 UAE AI Charter.
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Voluntary guidance
governance accountability
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United Kingdom
UK AI regulation framework · Principle 3, Part 3
AI systems should not undermine legal rights, discriminate unfairly or create unfair market outcomes. The Equality Act 2010 and UK GDPR fairness principle make key parts of this binding.
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