South Korea Aims to be the Global Leader in Regulating Generative AI

Generative AI

South Korea and Generative AI

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as ChatGPT, has caused regulators all around the world to establish rules and regulations governing their use. South Korea is rising to the occasion by trying to create normative frameworks for emerging AI technologies, to set a precedent for other countries in data protection and industry regulation. 

Ko Hak-soo, chairman of Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), talked about South Korea’s goal to develop AI rules and data protection on a worldwide scale in an exclusive interview with The Korea Herald.

Korea’s PIPC Chairman aspires to lead the world

Ko Hak-soo, who took over as PIPC head in October of the year prior, has been actively involved in discussions over data privacy and AI policies. Particularly, he has been selected for the United Nations’ high-level advisory group on artificial intelligence, highlighting Korea’s significance in worldwide AI governance.

Ko stressed South Korea’s determination to be a global leader in establishing AI rules. While recognizing that the European Union and the United States have taken a leading role in regulating AI, he emphasized the importance of Korea forging its path, given its unique AI ecosystem, which offers one of the world’s greatest AI scaleup conditions and is home to IT behemoths such as Naver and Kakao

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