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Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

AI Ethics RecommendationMultilateraldocument

Assessment outcome

total 5/6 (actionability 1 + authority 2 + currency 2)

Total5/6
Actionability1/2
Authority2/2
Currency2/2

Authorship & scope

Attribution (G4 evidence)

UNESCO is clearly named as the issuing body of the recommendation and the webpage.

Issuer authority (evidence)

Level 2: Official multilateral standard adopted by UNESCO member states.

Issuers, who it governs, legal force and content are on the full record.

Eligibility gates

G1 · Retrievablepass

HTTP 200, 717 words of full text extracted

G2 · AI nexuspass

The page is explicitly about the UNESCO recommendation on the ethics of artificial intelligence.

G3 · Governance nexuspass

The text discusses policy, ethical principles, rights, and governance actions regarding AI systems.

G4 · Attributablepass

UNESCO is clearly named as the issuing body of the recommendation and the webpage.

G5 · In forcepass

There is no indication on the page that the recommendation has been superseded or repealed.

Scored criteria

Actionability

1/2

Level 1: Provides general direction and translates principles into policy options, but names no specific binding obligations.

permettent aux décideurs politiques de traduire les valeurs et principes fondamentaux en actions pour ce qui concerne entre autres la gouvernance des données

Authority

2/2

Level 2: Official multilateral standard adopted by UNESCO member states.

Le tout premier standard mondial de l'UNESCO sur l'éthique de l'IA – la « Recommandation sur l'éthique de l'intelligence artificielle » – a été adopté par l'ensemble de ses 193 États membres en novembre 2021.

Currency

2/2

computed: newest date 2026-01-19 (via json-ld), ~0.8y old; within the 36-month standards_frameworks window for perspective 'Multilateral' → 2

Classification

Coverage topicAI Ethics Recommendation
PerspectiveMultilateral
Lifecycle stageN/A cross-cutting
Layerboth
Granularitydocument