OECD launches its AI Policy Observatory

The OECD opened OECD.AI as a public portal for AI policy initiatives, trends and guidance. Its policy database was developed jointly with the European Commission.

A public resource for comparing AI policies

OECD.AI launched on February 27, 2020, with policy and initiative information, trend data and guidance. A joint official report credits the European Commission with joint development of the policy database. This is the institutions’ actual resource contribution, rather than a tag based on attendance at the launch. [4]

The official launch program gives the February 27 date, a June retrospective describes the February 26 and 27 meeting, and a contemporary report says the portal launched that day. The entry records public availability of the portal, not an AI law taking effect. [1][2][3]

Sources

  1. A platform to share and shape AI policies: Official Launch, Speakers Bio Book

    OECD · retrieved Oct 24, 2026

  2. OECD.AI Policy Observatory launch brings experts together to share and shape AI policy

    OECD · Jun 11, 2020

  3. OECD Launches AI Policy Observatory

    Disruptive Competition Project · Feb 27, 2020

  4. The Effects of AI on the Working Lives of Women

    UNESCO, OECD and Inter-American Development Bank · retrieved Oct 24, 2026