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ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Information technology — Artificial intelligence — Management system
ISO and IEC (JTC 1/SC 42) · published 2023-12-18 · Edition 1
Open the sourceiso-iec-42001 · last checked 2026-10-09 · voice: government · origin: international
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Claims that cite this source · 3
Synthesis· confidence medium· passage checked
ISO/IEC 42001 turns AI governance into an auditable organizational management system, which acts on internal institutions rather than on what any one model does.
Used in: Standards body, Risk management process
Interpretation· confidence medium· passage checked
Read in order, the documents move from field-defining scholarship and principles (2017–2021), to organisational management systems and risk functions (2020–2023), to national strategies, laws and standing international bodies (2024–2026). The term spreads faster than any shared definition of it.
Interpretation· confidence high· passage checked
Most recent documents expect governance to adapt, whether described as agile, iterative, living or continually improved, including the OECD, NIST, ISO/IEC 42001, Japan, Kenya, Colorado and Singapore. Far fewer say when governance should act relative to the technology’s spread.