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NIA Holds Seminar to Discuss Domestic Legislation Direction Based on ‘EU AI Law’

Director Hwang Jong-seong: “We need to consider the speed, direction, and content of enacting the Korean AI law”

(Seoul = Newsis) Reporter Shim Ji-hye = A forum has been set up to discuss the direction of AI law that our country should pursue based on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) recently enacted by the European Union (EU).

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) announced on the 29th that it held a seminar titled ‘EU AI Act, Preview of K-AI Act’.

This seminar was conducted in the following order: ▲Regulatory philosophy and legislative background of the EU AI Act ▲General Purpose Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) regulation and legislative implications ▲Implications of the EU AI Act from the perspective of industrial promotion and innovation enhancement.

While the EU has established a risk-based artificial intelligence regulatory system by enacting the world’s first AI Act, Korea has a related bill pending in the National Assembly.

In his opening remarks, NIA Director Hwang Jong-seong said, “The EU has preemptively enacted AI laws. Our country must also deeply consider the speed, direction, and content of enacting a Korean-style AI law that is suitable for our economic and industrial circumstances.” He added, “NIA will continue to make legislative suggestions to the government and the National Assembly to promote safe use and diffusion and resolve social issues arising from the use of AI.”

Choi Kyung-jin, the president of the Artificial Intelligence Law Society (professor at Gachon University), suggested, “Our country also needs to expedite the enactment of the bill, but since the EU AI law is a product of the EU’s unique politics, economy, society, culture, and history, we need to pool our wisdom to enable rational acceptance through objective review rather than uncritical acceptance.”

In the first session of the seminar, Professor Younghwa Son of Inha University presented on ‘Regulatory Philosophy and Legislative Background of the EU AI Act,’ Naver Director Jiyoon Son presented on ‘General Purpose Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Regulations and Legislative Implications,’ and Jiwon Kang, Attorney at Law at Kim & Chang, presented on ‘Implications of the EU AI Act from the Perspective of Industrial Promotion and Innovation Enhancement.’

Next, Professor Kim Hyeon-su of Pusan ​​National University, Professor Park Do-hyeon of Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology AI Graduate School, Professor Oh Byeong-cheol of Yonsei University, Attorney Jang Jun-yeong of Sejong Law Firm, and Professor Hong Dae-sik of Sogang University held a comprehensive discussion.

Meanwhile, this seminar was held as part of the publicizing of the research results of the Intelligent Information Society Legal System Forum. It was co-hosted by the Korean Artificial Intelligence Law Society, the Personal Information Protection Law Society, the Korean Information Law Society, the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology AI Graduate School, the Personal Information Experts Association, and the Information and Communications Network Law Forum.

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