# The ISO 22989 generative AI amendment

Published contents
Contents1 Scope2 Normative references3 Terms and definitions4 Abbreviated terms5 AI conceptsClause 3, terms
3.1 Terms related to AI3.1.1 AI agent3.1.2 AI component3.1.3 artificial intelligence3.1.4 artificial intelligence system3.1.5 autonomy3.1.6 application specific integrated circuit3.1.7 automatic3.1.8 cognitive computing3.1.9 continuous learning3.1.10 connectionism3.1.11 data mining3.1.12 declarative knowledge3.1.13 expert system3.1.14 general AI3.1.15 genetic algorithm3.1.16 heteronomy3.1.17 inference3.1.18 internet of things3.1.19 IoT device3.1.20 IoT system3.1.21 knowledge3.1.22 life cycle3.1.23 model3.1.24 narrow AI3.1.25 performance3.1.26 planning3.1.27 prediction3.1.28 procedural knowledge3.1.29 robot3.1.30 robotics3.1.31 semantic computing3.1.32 soft computing3.1.33 symbolic AI3.1.34 subsymbolic AI3.1.35 task3.2 Terms related to data3.2.1 data annotation3.2.2 data quality checking3.2.3 data augmentation3.2.4 data sampling3.2.5 dataset3.2.6 exploratory data analysis3.2.7 ground truth3.2.8 imputation3.2.9 input data3.2.10 label3.2.11 personally identifiable information3.2.12 production data3.2.13 sample3.2.14 test data3.2.15 validation data3.3 Terms related to machine learning3.3.1 Bayesian network3.3.2 decision tree3.3.3 human-machine teaming3.3.4 hyperparameter3.3.5 machine learning3.3.6 machine learning algorithm3.3.7 machine learning model3.3.8 parameter3.3.9 reinforcement learning3.3.10 retraining3.3.11 semi-supervised machine learning3.3.12 supervised machine learning3.3.13 support vector machine3.3.14 trained model3.3.15 training3.3.16 training data3.3.17 unsupervised machine learning3.4 Terms related to neural networks3.4.1 activation function3.4.2 convolutional neural network3.4.3 convolution3.4.4 deep learning3.4.5 exploding gradient3.4.6 feed forward neural network3.4.7 long short-term memory3.4.8 neural network3.4.9 neuron3.4.10 recurrent neural network3.5 Terms related to trustworthiness3.5.1 accountable3.5.2 accountability3.5.3 availability3.5.4 bias3.5.5 control3.5.6 controllability3.5.7 explainability3.5.8 predictability3.5.9 reliability3.5.10 resilience3.5.11 risk3.5.12 robustness3.5.13 stakeholder3.5.14 transparency3.5.15 transparency3.5.16 trustworthiness3.5.17 verification3.5.18 validation3.6 Terms related to natural language processing3.6.1 automatic summarization3.6.2 dialogue management3.6.3 emotion recognition3.6.4 information retrieval3.6.5 machine translation3.6.6 named entity recognition3.6.7 natural language3.6.8 natural language generation3.6.9 natural language processing3.6.10 natural language processing3.6.11 natural language understanding3.6.12 optical character recognition3.6.13 part-of-speech tagging3.6.14 question answering3.6.15 relationship extraction3.6.16 sentiment analysis3.6.17 speech recognition3.6.18 speech synthesis3.7 Terms related to computer vision3.7.1 computer vision3.7.2 face recognition3.7.3 image3.7.4 image recognitionClause 5, concepts
5.1 General5.2 From strong and weak AI to general and narrow AI5.3 Agent5.4 Knowledge5.5 Cognition and cognitive computing5.6 Semantic computing5.7 Soft computing5.8 Genetic algorithms5.9 Symbolic and subsymbolic approaches for AI5.10 Data5.11 Machine learning concepts

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# The generative AI amendment

ISO/IEC 22989:2022/FDAmd 1 is Amendment 1 to the AI concepts and terminology standard. Its subject is Generative AI. ISO records it at stage 50.00 on 18 September 2026, the final text received or FDIS registered for formal approval. This site uses 16 February 2027 as a planning date, labelled an estimate, not an ISO commitment.

- Final Draft Amendment

- Edition 1

- Stage 50.00

- Planning date 16 Feb 2027

- Base standard 60 pages

## What the public record establishes

The amendment exists, it applies to ISO/IEC 22989:2022, its subject is generative AI, and it is a Final Draft Amendment in the approval phase. The catalogue gives its committee as ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42, artificial intelligence, its ICS codes as 35.020 and 01.040.35, and its reference as 88145.

The life cycle is public. The project was approved on 27 October 2023, the committee draft was registered in October 2024, the DIS ballot ran for twelve weeks from 25 August 2025, the full report approved the DIS for registration as an FDIS on 24 August 2026, and the final text reached stage 50.00 on 18 September 2026.

## What the public record does not establish

The full text is not public. ISO sells the Final Draft Amendment, and its ISO record offers a preview through the Online Browsing Platform; the full text is not published there and ISO publishes no list of the terms it adds or changes. This site does not guess them. It gives you the 2022 baseline that the amendment builds on, the stage record, and a plan that can absorb the text when it becomes public.

ISO also publishes no date for stage 50.20, for stage 60.00 or for publication. The planning date above is a working target from the scout date, not a date ISO has recorded.

## Why a terminology amendment matters to a governance lead

The vocabulary is the part of an AI management system that other documents quote. When a definition moves, the policy sentence, the inventory field, the supplier schedule and the assurance argument that borrowed it may no longer say what their authors thought. The work is not to memorise the new words. It is to know which of your artefacts rely on the old ones.

## How this site handles the gap

Every term page states the public 2022 entry in our own words, with its clause citation. Every page says what it does not claim. The free check reads your vocabulary practice against the baseline, and the dated plan works back from the earlier of your review and the planning date. The watch sends the diff when the ISO record moves.

ISO life cycle stages for the amendment, read on 21 October 2026
StageDateWhat it means
10.9927 October 2023New project approved
20.0027 October 2023New project registered in TC/SC work programme
30.0018 October 2024Committee draft (CD) registered
30.2021 October 2024CD consultation initiated
30.6014 January 2025Close of comment period
30.9916 June 2025CD approved for registration as DIS
40.0018 June 2025DIS registered
40.2025 August 2025DIS ballot initiated: 12 weeks
40.6018 November 2025Close of voting
40.9924 August 2026Full report circulated: DIS approved for registration as FDIS
50.0018 September 2026Final text received or FDIS registered for formal approval
50.20No date recordedProof sent to secretariat or FDIS ballot initiated: 8 weeks
60.00No date recordedInternational Standard under publication
60.60No date recordedInternational Standard published

A second amendment is also open. ISO/IEC 22989:2022/CD Amd 2 is at stage 30.20, committee draft consultation initiated, reference 93144. It is a separate document and is not part of this record. Its existence is a reason to keep the vocabulary under a cadence rather than treat one amendment as a one-off.

## Common questions

Is the amendment published?
No. It is at stage 50.00, the final text received or FDIS registered for formal approval. Publication is stage 60.60 and has no date in the public record.
Does the amendment replace ISO/IEC 22989:2022?
No. It amends it. The base standard remains in force, and the amendment changes or adds to its text when it is published.
Can I read the amendment now?
ISO sells the Final Draft Amendment, and its record offers a preview. The full text is not published in the Online Browsing Platform. This site does not reproduce it and does not invent its content.
What is the key date based on?
A planning date 120 days from the scout date of 19 October 2026, chosen for this site and labelled an estimate. ISO records the amendment at stage 50.00 on 18 September 2026 and has published no date for the FDIS ballot, for publication, or for the end of the transition. The date is a planning target, not an ISO commitment.
Will the new terms appear in ISO/IEC 42001?
Not automatically. ISO/IEC 42001 is a separate management system standard. A term used in both is meant to carry the same meaning, but the amendment does not rewrite 42001.

Source. ISO catalogue record 88145, the amendment, read on 21 October 2026. The public clause 3 entries come from the ISO Online Browsing Platform. Claim level: public record and public definitions only. No amendment text is reproduced.

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