OECD AI Principles
An intergovernmental set of AI principles (adopted 2019, updated 2024) that function as reference soft law: influential and widely endorsed, but not directly enforceable operational law. A voluntary-pile instrument that shapes standards and laws without binding companies itself.
Defined in 4 GAGE programs, which carry 4 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in AI Governance: Applied Mastery.
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
An intergovernmental set of AI principles (adopted 2019, updated 2024) that function as reference soft law: influential and widely endorsed, but not directly enforceable operational law. A voluntary-pile instrument that shapes standards and laws without binding companies itself.
A set of five non-binding, values-based principles adopted by OECD member and partner countries beginning in 2019, used in this topic as a comparative timeline data point against China's own principles-then-law sequence. (see Topic 9.1)
The non-binding international principles adopted May 2019 and updated 2024 (inclusive growth, rule of law and rights, transparency, robustness, accountability) that underpin most national AI frameworks.
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's five values-based principles and five recommendations for AI policy, adopted 2019 and updated May 2024, with 47 adherents as of the update.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first 7 topics of every program are free with a free account.
- Regulatory Landscapes: AI Laws and Governance Frameworks · Ethical and Responsible AI and Operational Governance, AI Literacy & Professional Conduct
- Standards versus law: what certification buys you and what it never will · The World's Rulebooks, AI Governance: Applied Mastery
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