G7 / OECD / UN
Norm-setting: principles, codes of conduct, scientific panels and global dialogues
Regulatory posture
The multilateral layer — OECD AI Principles (updated 2024), the G7 Hiroshima Code of Conduct, UN General Assembly resolutions and the 2025-launched Global Dialogue and Scientific Panel — sets shared vocabulary and soft norms that national regimes increasingly reference, even as binding force stays national.
Tracked
- In force5
- Signals4
Set last reviewed 5 September 2026
Next review 3 October 2026
Tracked instruments
- UN AI GovernanceFollowing its 2024 AI resolutions and the Global Digital Compact, the UN General Assembly established an Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and a Global Dia…Standards & AssuranceGovernance & Procurement
- OECD AI PrinciplesThe first intergovernmental AI standard (2019), updated in 2024 to address general-purpose and generative AI, misinformation and safety. Adhered to by 47+ jurisdictions; …Standards & Assurance
- ISO/IEC 42001The first certifiable AI management-system standard (the 'ISO 27001 of AI'): organizations implement risk-based AI governance, controls and continuous improvement, with t…Standards & Assurance
- AI Summit SeriesThe leader-level summit track evolved from frontier-safety focus (Bletchley Declaration, Seoul frontier-safety commitments) to action-and-adoption framing in Paris 2025 a…Frontier AI Safety
- G7 Hiroshima CodeThe G7's voluntary code of conduct for organizations developing advanced AI: risk assessment, red-teaming, incident reporting, provenance, and safety research investment …Frontier AI SafetyStandards & Assurance
Signals
US presses a light-touch AI line at the G20 as the EU proceeds with enforcement
At the G20 digital track the United States argued against binding AI rules while the European Commission continued applying the AI Act — the clearest statement yet that the transatlantic regulatory gap is now policy, not lag.
ContextUN Global Dialogue on AI Governance launches in Geneva
The first universal-membership AI governance forum convenes, alongside the Independent International Scientific Panel established by the August 2025 GA resolution.
UN establishes Independent Scientific Panel and Global Dialogue on AI
The General Assembly creates the first universal AI governance mechanisms, implementing the Global Digital Compact.
Paris AI Action Summit pivots from safety to action
60+ states sign an inclusive-AI declaration; the US and UK decline, and the summit's framing marks the global deregulatory turn.