EU AI Act vs ISO/IEC 42001:2023
What is the difference between EU AI Act and ISO/IEC 42001:2023?
EU AI Act is a ai & technology framework applying in the European Union, with 36 controls across 10 domains. ISO/IEC 42001:2023 is a other framework applying in International, with 80 controls across 17 domains. They govern different subjects, so the overlap is limited to the governance requirements they share. The mapping below shows where that is.
Measured coverage between these frameworks
We map controls between these two frameworks in a knowledge graph and have a person review every mapping before it is published. Below is what that review found. The figures are read live from the graph, not written by hand.
EU AI Act into ISO/IEC 42001:2023
57.9%22 of 38 ISO/IEC 42001:2023 controls carry evidence from EU AI Act, leaving 16 to satisfy separately.
79 candidate mappings were examined and 0 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-20.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →ISO/IEC 42001:2023 into EU AI Act
39.5%17 of 43 EU AI Act controls carry evidence from ISO/IEC 42001:2023, leaving 26 to satisfy separately.
88 candidate mappings were examined and 0 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-20.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →Coverage is directional. Mapping A into B is a different measurement from B into A, because the two standards do not carry the same depth on the same subjects.
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