Artificial Intelligence Basic Law Passes Judiciary Committee... Regulations on 'High Impact AI'

The Artificial Intelligence and AI Act will pass the National Assembly Judiciary Committee and be enacted within this year.

The National Assembly's Legislative and Judiciary Committee voted on the AI Framework Act, which defines AI that can have a significant impact on human life, physical safety, and basic rights as "high-impact AI" and also regulates business responsibility.

Earlier, the EU's AI law classified AI risk into four levels: minimum-limited-high-risk-prohibition, a more relaxed bill.

The industry raised the issue that Article 40 clause 2, which stipulates that "a fact-finding investigation can be conducted when reporting a violation of the law or filing a civil complaint," could be misused due to false reports by competitors.

In response, the Ministry of Science and ICT explained that the "factual investigation" clause is not only stipulated in the Basic AI Act, but is a general content that reflects the Basic Administrative Investigation Act, and that it will create an order to conduct it to the minimum extent.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism suggested that a new regulation on "obligations to disclose Generative AI learning data" be established, but it was not accepted.

The AI Basic Law was implemented four years after it was implemented, and the industry has complained that the predictability of the business is low due to the lack of AI-related laws.