2023
(Year One of Modern Governance)
The 2023 archive documents the first major global regulatory response to generative artificial intelligence. It includes executive orders, national AI strategies, draft legislation, and policy frameworks that laid the foundations for modern AI governance.
This index chronicles the critical pivot point of 2023, the year when global policymaking transitioned from high-level ethics declarations to enforceable regulations, national policies, and legislative frameworks following the generative AI explosion.
Timeline Overview: The Road to 2023
2016–2018 (The Ethical Seed Era): The emergence of private and academic ethical guidelines, such as the Asilomar AI Principles (2017), establishing initial guardrails for beneficial AI.
2019–2021 (The Soft Law Framework Era): Intergovernmental bodies set international benchmarks, notably the OECD AI Principles (May 2019) and the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI (2021).
2022 (The Inflexion Point): High-level national frameworks appear, such as the US White House Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights.
2023 (Year One of Modern Governance): Governments across all continents respond to generative AI (LLMs) with draft statutes, binding executive orders, mandatory safety testing, and comprehensive regional strategies.
Australia — Safe and Responsible AI in Australia Discussion Paper
Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Safe and Responsible AI in Australia Discussion Paper, 1 June 2023.