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OECD Principles on Artificial Intelligence

Published1 May 2019

Issued by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Summary

The OECD Principles on Artificial Intelligence were the first intergovernmental agreement on AI policy. Adopted in May 2019, they set out value-based principles for responsible stewardship of trustworthy AI. The principles addressed inclusive growth, sustainable development, human-centred values, fairness, transparency, explainability, robustness, security, safety, and accountability. They became a reference point for interoperable AI policy across many democratic and market-based jurisdictions and helped shape later national strategies, soft-law instruments, and binding regulatory frameworks.

Why it matters

Five value-based principles: inclusive growth and sustainable development; human-centred values and fairness; transparency and explainability; robustness, security, and safety; accountability.

Governance themes

Topics

Record metadata

Country
OECD
Region
Global
Organisation
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Governance themes
AI governance, Transparency, Safety, Accountability, Human rights, International cooperation
Document type
Framework
Status
Published
Publication date
1 May 2019
Last updated
29 June 2026
Language
English
Original source
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Citation export

Plain citation

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Recommendation of the Council on Artificial Intelligence, May 2019.

BibTeX

@misc{oecd_principles_artificial_intelligence_2019,
  title        = {OECD Principles on Artificial Intelligence},
  author       = {Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)},
  year         = {2019},
  howpublished = {Global AI Governance Archive},
  url          = {https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/instruments/OECD-LEGAL-0449}
}

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Recorded cross-references

  • Asilomar AI Principles
  • UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI
  • Hiroshima AI Process

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