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Karine Perset

Karine Perset works on international AI policy through the OECD. She moved from an OECD science and technology role through an advisory post at ICANN into OECD AI leadership. At the OECD, she wrote about the OECD.AI launch and coauthored work on classifying AI systems, tracking incidents, defining AI incidents and hazards, and reporting under the Hiroshima AI Process. As of October 2026, she is Deputy Head of the OECD Division on AI and Emerging Digital Technologies and oversees the OECD.AI Policy Observatory, the Global Partnership on AI and its expert network.

Timeline

  1. 2014

    Advising ICANN’s GAC

    In November 2014, she serves as ICANN’s GAC Relations Advisor. Before that post, she serves as counsellor to the OECD directors for Science, Technology and Industry.

  2. 2020

    Launching OECD.AI

    In June 2020, she writes about the launch of the OECD.AI Policy Observatory and its role sharing OECD AI Principles, policy data and news. In November 2020, she coauthors a first look at the OECD AI Systems Classification Framework, which sorts AI by context, data and input, model, and task and output.

  3. 2023

    Monitoring AI incidents

    With Marko Grobelnik, she describes the OECD AI Incidents Monitor as an evidence base for AI policy. The monitor aims to pool standardised information about AI incidents and controversies worldwide.

  4. 2024

    Defining AI incidents and hazards

    With Luis Aranda, she sets out shared definitions for AI incidents and hazards, tied to actual or possible harm from AI system development or use. They call for common terms to observe, document, report and learn from AI failures.

  5. 2025

    Reporting on AI risks

    In April 2025, she is Acting Head of the OECD Division on AI and Emerging Digital Technologies, overseeing OECD.AI, the Global Partnership on AI and its expert network. In June 2025, she coauthors work on the Hiroshima AI Process Reporting Framework, which invites AI organisations to disclose risks and safeguards.

  6. As of October 2026

    Deputy head of AI

    She is Deputy Head of the OECD Division on AI and Emerging Digital Technologies and oversees OECD.AI, the Global Partnership on AI and its expert network. In March 2026, she and Anna Pietikäinen explain how AI regulatory sandboxes enable supervised tests, early risk checks and regulatory learning.

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  1. ICANN POLICY UPDATE | Volume 14, Issue 11 – November 2014 - ICANN icann.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Karine Perset — AI Summer School law.kuleuven.be. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. OECD.AI Policy Observatory launch brings experts together to share and shape AI policy oecd.ai. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. A first look at the OECD’s Framework for the Classification of AI Systems, designed to give policymakers clarity oecd.ai. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. The OECD AI Incidents Monitor: an evidence base for effective AI policy oecd.ai. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. Name it to tame it: Defining AI incidents and hazards oecd.ai. Checked 14 October 2026.
  7. Karine PERSET | Singapore Conference on AI scai.gov.sg. Checked 14 October 2026.
  8. Shaping trustworthy AI: Early insights from the Hiroshima AI Process Reporting Framework oecd.ai. Checked 14 October 2026.
  9. Karine Perset : AI Expert - OECD.AI oecd.ai. Checked 14 October 2026.
  10. Why AI Sandboxes matter for responsible innovation and public trust oecd.ai. Checked 14 October 2026.