On 18 December 2024, the International Standards Organisation (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) jointly released ISO 42002, which is a certifiable framework for an AI Management System to support organisations in the responsible development, deliver, or use of AI systems. This is the first international standard on AI and, it is anticipated that the assessment and certification process will achieve the same international acceptance of ISO/IEC 9001 for quality management and ISO/IEC 27001 for information security management. ISO has published a number of standards concerning AI, including ISO/IEC 22989, which establishes terminology for AI and describes concepts in the field of AI; ISO/IEC 23053, which establishes an AI and machine learning (ML) framework for describing a generic AI system using ML technology; and ISO/IEC 23894, which provides guidance on AI-related risk management for organisations. The importance of ISO/IEC 42001 is that it is a management system standard. This requires putting in place policies and procedures […]