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OECD AI Principle 1.4(b): override, repair or decommission safely

Mechanisms let AI systems that risk undue harm be overridden, repaired and/or decommissioned safely

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From clause to evidenceThe chain from OECD AI Principles principle 1.4(b) to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseOECD AIPrinciplesprinciple 1.4Duty holderAI actorsApplies fromNo dateVoluntaryArtefactTested killswitchLayersLayer 02Layer 04Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from OECD AI Principles principle 1.4(b) to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseOECD AI Principles · principle 1.4Duty holderAI actorsApplies fromNo date · VoluntaryArtefactTested kill switchLayersLayer 02Layer 04Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-OECD-P1-4B. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: OECD AI Principles, principle 1.4.
  • Duty holder: AI actors.
  • Applies from: No date, Voluntary.
  • Artefact: Tested kill switch.
  • Layers: Layer 02, Layer 04.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-OECD-P1-4B
Instrument
OECD AI Principles (Recommendation on AI, OECD/LEGAL/0449) framework
Clause
principle 1.4(b)
In scope
AI actors (a commitment of adhering governments)
Applies from
No date Voluntary · Non-binding; revised 2024-05-03

The artefact that evidences it

Tested kill switch; decommissioning record in the registry.

Patterns that build it

No pattern in the catalogue names this clause on its "Maps to" line yet; the artefact above is the engineering answer.

Source

Chapter 08, section Treaty and international soft law, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). OECD AI Principle 1.4(b): override, repair or decommission safely (AIGE-OBL-OECD-P1-4B). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-oecd-p1-4b. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{OECD AI Principle 1.4(b): override, repair or decommission safely (AIGE-OBL-OECD-P1-4B)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-oecd-p1-4b},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}