ISO/IEC 42001:2023 is the first international management-system standard for artificial intelligence, specifying requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving an AI management system (AIMS). Built on the high-level structure shared by ISO management standards, it addresses AI policy, roles and responsibilities, risk and impact assessment, controls, lifecycle management, and continual improvement.
Because Process Safety Management is itself a management-system discipline, ISO/IEC 42001 maps unusually well onto PSM practice: it provides an auditable governance scaffold for how an organization commits to, controls, and improves its use of AI in safety-critical work. For an AI-in-PSM resource it is a key guideline for operational governance—supporting 'Model MOC' (management of change for AI models), versioning and revalidation, audit trails, and clear assignment of accountability. Organizations already running ISO-aligned safety or quality systems can integrate an AIMS with comparatively little friction, embedding responsible-AI controls directly into established PSM workflows. It complements risk frameworks like the NIST AI RMF by turning principles into certifiable, repeatable management practice.
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