Korea's AI law requires watermarks on generated content
7 hours ago
- #Watermark Enforcement
- #Deepfake
- #AI Regulation
- Korea enforces the world's first comprehensive AI law requiring watermarks on AI-generated content.
- Concerns exist over enforcement due to widely available watermark-removal tools and foreign AI tools being outside the law's scope.
- The AI Basic Act mandates visible watermarks for deepfake content and invisible watermarks for easily identifiable artificial content.
- Enforcement challenges include foreign apps not under Korean jurisdiction and easy removal of watermarks.
- The law does not effectively address the spread of low-quality AI-generated content (AI slop).
- Industry groups worry the law disproportionately burdens domestic AI companies compared to foreign competitors.
- A grace period of up to one year will be provided before fines are imposed to support compliance.