1. Background
SouthKorea promulgated the AI Basic Act on January 21, 2025, which is South Korea's first basic law that comprehensively regulates artificial intelligence, and will officially come into effect on January 22, 2026, aiming to establish a national AI governance structure and balance innovation and regulatory needs.
2. Core content
- governance structure: Establish a "National Artificial Intelligence Council", which is directly led by the president to coordinate AI policies and planning.
- Institutional construction: Establish an AI security research institute to be responsible for AI security technology research and development, risk monitoring and standard formulation.
- Compliance Requirements: Introducing mandatory obligations such as risk assessment, transparency, and fairness for high-impact and generative AI systems.
- Planning mechanism: Establish an "Artificial Intelligence Master Plan" every three years to ensure the continuous advancement of policies.
3. Latest progress
TheMinistry of Science and ICT of South Korea is promoting the construction of a national AI supercomputing center, planning to obtain no less than 10,000 high-performance GPUs through public-private cooperation, and develop deepfake detection and digital watermarking technology to support AI security supervision.
4. Significance
Thebill marks South Korea's transition from policy planning to institutional implementation, striving to maintain innovation in the global AI competition while ensuring public trust and safety through the synergy of law, technology and governance.
Official website URL:
https://www.msit.go.kr/eng/bbs/view.do?bbsSeqNo=42&mId=4&nttSeqNo=1065&sCode=eng
