South Korea’s ‘world-first’ AI laws face pushback amid bid to become leading tech power

South Korea is implementing new AI regulations, touted as the world's most comprehensive, to govern the rapidly developing technology. The legislation mandates labeling AI-generated content with digital watermarks or visible labels, especially for deepfakes, and requires risk assessments for "high-impact AI" systems used in areas like medical diagnosis and hiring. While the government aims to establish South Korea as a leading tech power through these laws, the regulations are facing criticism from both tech startups, who believe they are too restrictive, and civil society groups, who argue they are insufficient. The threshold for extremely powerful AI models requiring safety reports is currently set so high that no existing models meet the criteria.

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