Topic
Transparency
Disclosure, explainability and notice obligations.
- 13Documents
- 9Countries
- 12Organisations
- February 2025Most recent
Recent developments
- European UnionGuidance1 February 2025
European Union — AI Act 2025 Ban Phase-In and GPAI Guidelines
In 2025, the European Union moved from adopting the AI Act to phased enforcement. Prohibited AI practices began to apply in February, requiring organisations to remove or audit systems involving practices such as cogniti…
- AustraliaPolicy / Strategy17 January 2024
Australia — Safe and Responsible AI in Australia Government Interim Response
Australia’s government interim response to the Safe and Responsible AI consultation proposed a differentiated approach to AI governance. Rather than adopting a single generic standard, it suggested mandatory safeguards f…
- ChileGuidance11 December 2023
Chile — Circular 17 ai tools public sector
Chile’s Circular No. 17 provided public-sector guidance on the use of artificial intelligence tools. The circular framed AI adoption as part of state modernisation and encouraged public bodies to use AI intentionally and…
- European UnionRegulation8 December 2023
European Union — Artificial Intelligence Act Political Agreement
The European Union reached political agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act in December 2023, advancing the first comprehensive horizontal framework for AI regulation. The agreement used a risk-based structure, ban…
- SingaporePolicy / Strategy4 December 2023
Singapore — National AI Strategy 2.0: AI for the Public Good
Singapore’s National AI Strategy 2.0 shifted national AI policy toward systemic capability building and AI for the public good. The strategy focused on three pillars: People, Infrastructure, and Trusted Environment. It l…
Countries
Organisations
- Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) 2Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) 1European AI Office 1European Commission High-Level Expert Group on AI (AI HLEG) 1European Parliament and Council of the EU 1Future of Life Institute 1Group of Seven (G7) Leaders under Japanese Presidency 1Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) 1Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation and Segpres (MINSEGPRES) 1Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 1Smart Nation and Digital Government Office (SNDGO) 1United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 1
Timeline
- 1 January 2017Asilomar AI Principles Global
- 1 April 2019Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI European Union
- 1 May 2019OECD Principles on Artificial Intelligence OECD
- 1 November 2021UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Global
- 29 March 2023A Pro-Innovation Approach to AI Regulation United Kingdom
- 1 June 2023Safe and Responsible AI in Australia Discussion Paper Australia
- 27 September 2023Voluntary Code of Conduct on Advanced Generative AI Systems Canada
- 30 October 2023Hiroshima AI Process Leaders’ Communiqué and Guiding Principles G7
- 4 December 2023National AI Strategy 2.0: AI for the Public Good Singapore
- 8 December 2023Artificial Intelligence Act Political Agreement European Union
- 11 December 2023Circular 17 ai tools public sector Chile
- 17 January 2024Safe and Responsible AI in Australia Government Interim Response Australia
- 1 February 2025AI Act 2025 Ban Phase-In and GPAI Guidelines European Union
All documents
- European UnionGuidance1 February 2025
European Union — AI Act 2025 Ban Phase-In and GPAI Guidelines
In 2025, the European Union moved from adopting the AI Act to phased enforcement. Prohibited AI practices began to apply in February, requiring organisations to remove or audit systems involving practices such as cogniti…
- AustraliaPolicy / Strategy17 January 2024
Australia — Safe and Responsible AI in Australia Government Interim Response
Australia’s government interim response to the Safe and Responsible AI consultation proposed a differentiated approach to AI governance. Rather than adopting a single generic standard, it suggested mandatory safeguards f…
- ChileGuidance11 December 2023
Chile — Circular 17 ai tools public sector
Chile’s Circular No. 17 provided public-sector guidance on the use of artificial intelligence tools. The circular framed AI adoption as part of state modernisation and encouraged public bodies to use AI intentionally and…
- European UnionRegulation8 December 2023
European Union — Artificial Intelligence Act Political Agreement
The European Union reached political agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act in December 2023, advancing the first comprehensive horizontal framework for AI regulation. The agreement used a risk-based structure, ban…
- SingaporePolicy / Strategy4 December 2023
Singapore — National AI Strategy 2.0: AI for the Public Good
Singapore’s National AI Strategy 2.0 shifted national AI policy toward systemic capability building and AI for the public good. The strategy focused on three pillars: People, Infrastructure, and Trusted Environment. It l…
- G7Framework30 October 2023
Japan / G7 — Hiroshima AI Process Leaders’ Communiqué and Guiding Principles
The Hiroshima AI Process produced G7 guiding principles for advanced AI systems under Japan’s 2023 presidency. The framework aimed to support interoperable, non-binding governance across democratic economies and reduce r…
- CanadaGuidance27 September 2023
Canada — Voluntary Code of Conduct on Advanced Generative AI Systems
Canada’s Voluntary Code of Conduct provided an interim governance framework for organisations developing and managing advanced generative AI systems while the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act proceeded through the le…
- AustraliaReport1 June 2023
Australia — Safe and Responsible AI in Australia Discussion Paper
Australia’s Safe and Responsible AI discussion paper launched a national consultation on the governance of AI systems. It examined existing domestic frameworks, including consumer law, privacy law, and administrative rul…
- United KingdomPolicy / Strategy29 March 2023
United Kingdom — A Pro-Innovation Approach to AI Regulation
The UK white paper set out a pro-innovation, sector-led approach to AI regulation. Rather than proposing a single central AI statute, it assigned responsibility to existing regulators to apply cross-sector principles wit…
- GlobalFramework1 November 2021
UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
The UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence established a global soft-law framework for AI ethics. Adopted in 2021, it placed particular emphasis on human rights, inclusion, digital inequality, gen…
- OECDFramework1 May 2019
OECD Principles on Artificial Intelligence
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 principl…
- European UnionGuidance1 April 2019
European Commission — Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI
The European Commission’s Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI introduced a framework that defined trustworthy AI as lawful, ethical, and technically robust. Developed by the High-Level Expert Group on AI, the guidelines…
- GlobalFramework1 January 2017
Asilomar AI Principles
The Asilomar AI Principles were an early cross-disciplinary framework for beneficial artificial intelligence. Developed through the Future of Life Institute, the principles were signed by more than 1,500 AI researchers a…