ISO/IEC 42001 (2023) is the first international management-system standard for artificial intelligence (AIMS). It specifies requirements for an organization to establish, maintain and continually improve an AI management system — and organizations can be certified against it. Its reader is the organization and its auditors.
ISO/IEC 42001 certifies that an organization manages AI responsibly. The Meniw Protocol governs the agent at the moment it acts. A management system around the program; a machine-readable norm inside the runtime — complementary controls at different layers.
| Dimension | ISO/IEC 42001 | The Meniw Protocol |
|---|---|---|
| Reader | Organizations / auditors | The autonomous AI agent (and operators) |
| Form | Certifiable management-system standard | Machine-readable operational norm |
| When | Across the management system | At runtime, before the agent acts |
| Origin | ISO/IEC (2023) | Chris Meniw (2026), DOI + Bitcoin precedence |
Certify your AI management system with ISO/IEC 42001; constrain the agent at runtime with the Meniw Protocol. The first proves your process, the second binds the agent.
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