This update belongs to OECD AI Recommendation. Read the parent policy page for the full instrument.
What changed
FactThe revision updated soft-law principles and definitions after generative-AI developments.
The OECD Council meeting at Ministerial level revised the Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence.
Operational consequence
AnalysisRefreshed the leading intergovernmental soft-law baseline for trustworthy AI.
The consequence statement is limited to what the linked evidence and event record support.
Supporting passages
FactExact quotes below are taken from evidence rows attached to this update.
- OECD Recommendation defines an AI system for adherents. The revised Recommendation states a shared definition of an AI system used across many national frameworks.
- OECD Council revised the AI Recommendation on 3 May 2024. The legal-instrument text records the May 2024 ministerial revision addressing generative AI and related developments.
AI system: An AI system is a machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments. Different AI systems vary in their levels of autonomy and adaptiveness after deployment.
Recommendation was revised by the OECD Council meeting at Ministerial level on 3 May 2024 to reflect technological and policy developments, including with respect to generative AI, and to further facilitate its implementation.
Limits
LimitsThe Recommendation does not create directly enforceable private rights in domestic courts.
An update page records a dated change. It does not replace the full vehicle text or later amendments.