Progress

Current status
adopted
24 Nov 2021 adopted
25 Jun 2021 under deliberation
27 Nov 2019 under deliberation

Scope

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Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
ML and AI development
Government Branch
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other regulatory body
Implementation Level
multilateral agreement

Timeline of events

24 Nov 2021
adopted

UNESCO adopts recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

The General Conference of UNESCO adopted the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence at its 41st session. This occurred two years after the resolution of the previous General Conference's session in November 2019 to develop this firs…

Source
Event type declaration
Action type adoption
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
25 Jun 2021
under deliberation

UNESCO publishes draft Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

The Director-General of UNESCO convened an Ad Hoc Expert Group for the preparation of a draft text of a Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in accordance with the 40 C/Resolution 37 and submitted the draft text to the 41st sessio…

Source
Event type declaration
Action type drafting
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
27 Nov 2019
under deliberation

Member States mandates UNESCO for developing Recommendation on Ethics of AI

Through a resolution vote of the UN General Conference on 26 November 2019, Member states mandated UNESCO to elaborate an international standard-setting instrument on the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of a recommendation.

Source
Event type declaration
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body