US EditionS. Korea becomes 1st nation to enact comprehensive law on safe use of AI
The AI Basic Act mandates watermarking of AI content, human oversight in critical sectors, and fines up to 30 million won for violations, with a one-year grace period for compliance.
- On Jan 22, South Korea enacted the AI Basic Act, becoming the first country to have a comprehensive national AI safety law take full effect and establishing rules to address misinformation and hazardous AI effects.
- Aiming to boost domestic innovation, the Ministry of Science and ICT says the law establishes a safety- and trust-based foundation and supports South Korea's ambition to join the United States and China among top three AI powers.
- Transparency rules require AI-generated content watermarking and metadata labelling, generative AI advance-notice requirements, and apply to 10 sensitive fields including nuclear power, education and medical care.
- To ease the transition, the government announced a one-year grace period prioritising corrective orders over fines capped at 30 million won, while the AI Act support desk will guide businesses, Ryu Je-myung said.
- The law also establishes the Presidential Council on National Artificial Intelligence Strategy and AI Safety Institute, applying technical thresholds and requiring global providers with 1 trillion won revenue, like OpenAI and Google, to appoint local representatives.
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The South Korean legislation on artificial intelligence has come into force, and it has been drafted with the aim of regulating the use of artificial intelligence without hindering innovation and raises questions.
South Korea has announced the entry into force this Thursday of the Basic Law on...
South Korea became the first country to formally implement a law regulating the use of artificial intelligence (IA) in this Thursday, including specific provisions for deepfakes. The country, based on the giants of microprocessors Samsung and SK Hynix, announced its ambition to join the United States and China as one of the three major powers in IA. Algorithms approaching young people: Snapchat agrees to avoid judging young people on social netw…
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AlKhaleej TodaySouth Korea rolls out world’s first full AI law, forcing labels on deepfakes
SEOUL, Jan 22 — South Korea became the first country to have a wide-ranging law regulating artificial intelligence take full effect starting today, including specific provisions targeting deepfakes.The country, home to memory chip powerhouses Samsung and SK hynix, has said it aims to join the United States and China as one of the top three AI powers.“The AI Basic Act comes into full effect today,” President Lee Jae Myung said.The law requires co…
Channel News Asia
South Korean law to regulate AI takes effect
The law requires companies to give users advance notice when services or products use generative AI and requires them to clearly label content, including deepfakes, that cannot readily be differentiated from reality.
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