# Leitlinien "Künstliche Intelligenz" für den Bund

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Switzerland
- **Instrument type**: Guidance
- **Status**: Guidance
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Swiss Federal Council
- **Adopted**: 2020-11-25

## In brief

Guidelines on AI for the Federal Administration (2020) is a non-binding guidance of Switzerland, issued by the Swiss Federal Council. Its current status is guidance. Applies to the federal administration of Switzerland when it develops, procures or uses AI systems; cantons and private organisations are not bound.

## Summary

Adopted in November 2020, seven guidelines steer the use of AI by the federal administration: putting people at the centre, conditions for development and use, transparency and explainability, accountability, security, active participation in AI governance, and involvement of stakeholders.

## Scope

Applies to the federal administration of Switzerland when it develops, procures or uses AI systems; cantons and private organisations are not bound.

## Notes on dates

Dates are taken from the linked official source; a reviewer should confirm in-force and application dates before relying on them.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0182 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0182; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/switzerland-guidelines-on-ai-for-the-federal-administration-2020
- **Official source**: https://www.bakom.admin.ch/
- **Source document**: Guidelines on artificial intelligence for the Confederation
- **Published by**: Swiss Federal Council
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Leitlinien "Künstliche Intelligenz" für den Bund" [AIPT-POL-0182, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0182 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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