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OpenAI’s Governance Framework for High-Risk AI Systems

The Bottom Line: OpenAI documents its governance practices for frontier models in the context of the EU AI Act and California regulation.

OpenAI has published a governance framework for AI systems at the frontier of performance, aligning safety, security, and risk management practices with regulatory requirements from the EU and California.

OpenAI has disclosed a governance framework that describes its approaches to AI safety, security, and risk management. The framework explicitly references the requirements of the EU AI Act and emerging regulations in California.

For data protection officers and compliance functions, this is relevant because the EU AI Act subjects high-risk AI systems to enhanced governance and documentation obligations. OpenAI’s publication signals how a leading AI company organizes the interface between model development, deployment, and regulatory requirements – a pattern that can also serve as a reference for developing proprietary governance frameworks.

The documented practices typically address questions such as model testing, incident management, red-teaming, and governance of high-risk use cases. They provide guidance for organizations that need to build their own AI governance or review existing structures for EU AI Act compliance.


Source: openai.com · Published May 28, 2026
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