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OECD Council updates its definition of an AI system

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Source: OECD Legal InstrumentsAlso reported by IndiaAI

On 8 November 2023 the OECD Council revised the AI system definition in its 2019 Recommendation on AI. An AI system is now a machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from its input how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments. The text adds that systems vary in autonomy and adaptiveness after deployment.

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Every government that adheres to the OECD Recommendation on AI now works from this wording when deciding which software counts as an AI system.

When
8 Nov 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0144
Who
OECD

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from OECD Legal Instruments and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at OECD Legal Instruments

Source copy: download the source PDF as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Document the source offers: the source PDF. Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2023-0144: “OECD Council updates its definition of an AI system.” wheresthe.ai, 8 Nov 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/intl-oecd-ai-system-definition-updated-2023-11/ (source: OECD Legal Instruments).

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