The AI ​​treaty, negotiated by representatives of 57 countries, was announced Thursday, but its provisions are so broad that it is unclear whether corporate CIOs will have to do anything differently to comply with its provisions.

This primarily European effort joins a long list of global AI compliance efforts, in addition to a number of new legal attempts to govern AI in the U.S. The initial signatories included Andorra, Georgia, Iceland, Norway, the Republic of Moldova, San Marino, and the United Kingdom, as well as Israel, the United States of America, and the European Union.

In its statement, the Council of Europe said that “there are serious risks and threats arising from certain activities within the AI ​​lifecycle, such as discrimination in different contexts, gender inequality, undermining democratic processes, violating human dignity or individual autonomy, or the misuse of AI systems by some states for repressive purposes, in violation of international human rights law.”