OECD Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence (OECD/LEGAL/0449)
~20 min readPublished Amended 3 May 2024 (adopted 2019)Foundational (2–3 yrs)· Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Estimated time: ~20 min read — for the in-app brief plus opening the primary source.
What this is
The OECD Council Recommendation on AI — the intergovernmental legal instrument (OECD/LEGAL/0449), amended 2024. Official instrument page, not a blog summary.
OECD/LEGAL/0449 is the intergovernmental recommendation many national AI strategies still cite.
- Adopted 2019; amended 3 May 2024 — transparency, accountability, human-centered values.
- Official legal instrument page, not a marketing white paper.
- Useful bridge language for EU / US / APAC conversations.
- Principles stay high-level; you must map them to local controls and tools.
Next action: List one gap between current AI practice and OECD principles and assign an owner.
Primary source
Read the full source · published Amended 3 May 2024 (adopted 2019).
What changes in how you lead
How decision rights, process, and ownership should change.
- Use OECD language to align multi-market policy without forcing one region’s statute everywhere.
- Connect transparency principles to customer and employee trust metrics.
- Pair with EU AI Act and NIST RMF for operational detail.
Deep dive
OECD/LEGAL/0449 is the intergovernmental recommendation many jurisdictions still cite as a baseline.
Note original adoption (2019) and the 3 May 2024 amendment.
List one gap between your current AI practices and the principles.