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AI Standards for Global Impact: From Governance to Action

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The AI Standards Exchange Database supports the United Nations Global Digital Compact
(Articles 58, 59 and 60), which proposed the establishment of an AI Standards Exchange to AI
facilitate sharing of information about AI standards. At the first International AI Standards Summit Part 1: International
held in India in October 2024 alongside WTSA-24TSA), the World Standards Cooperation (IEC,
ISO, and ITU), proposed to set up the AI Standards Exchange Database by 2025 in response to
the Global Digital Compact. The AI Standards Exchange Database was set up by ITU under the
World Standards Cooperation and in partnership with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE), the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and the AI Standards Hub.

Figure 5: AI Standards Exchange Database 1
What is the AI Standards Exchange Database?

The AI Standards Exchange Database currently provides access to over 700 AI standards and
technical reports from IEC, ISO, ITU, IEEE, and IETF.

The database provides a one-stop gateway with advanced search and filtering tools, offering
access to AI standards classified by industry verticals, human-AI activities (i.e. the human
activity that is automated by the AI system), applications, and use cases. It tracks both in force
and draft (under development) AI standards. The database supports technical cohesion and
interoperable solutions – key aims of the Global Digital Compact adopted last year as part of
the United Nations Pact for the Future.

The following metadata is used for AI-related publications and can be grouped under three
main categories:
a) General information about the AI publication (i.e. title, standards body issuing the
publication and relevant technical committee, abstract, type of AI publication, date
published, status, URL, etc.)
b) AI use (industry vertical, human-AI activity, application area, use case description and URL)

1 See: AI Standards Exchange Database - https:// aiforgood .itu .int/ ai -standards -exchange/

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