South KoreaAI Framework Act, Article 31 (transparency obligations for AI outputs)
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In force 8 months, effective 22 January 2026.
An AI transparency rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 14 August 2026.
What it requires
- Notify users when content they see was produced by generative AI
- Check the Enforcement Decree for labeling specifics as they phase in
What it reaches
How the hook was established
express
What makes it apply
Market targeting, User location
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Article 31 requires prior notice that a product or service operates on high-impact or generative AI, a label that generative output was AI-generated, and, for near-indistinguishable synthetic audio, image or video, a user-perceptible notice or label; the Enforcement Decree's Article 23 states only the method of that notice (on the product, in a contract or manual, on screen, or posted at the point of sale). Neither Article 31 nor its Decree imposes a duty to create, keep or later produce a log or record of having given the notice or applied the label.
- Kind
- None
- As of
- 22 September 2026
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
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An AI business operator providing a product or service using high-impact or generative AI must give users prior notice that it operates on that AI. An operator providing generative AI, or a product or service using it, must indicate that output was AI-generated, either through a human-perceptible label or machine-readable metadata or watermark.
Where an operator uses AI to produce a virtual sound, image, or video difficult to distinguish from reality, only a user-perceptible label satisfies the deepfake-specific duty, with a narrow exception for artistic or creative works. The Act reaches conduct outside Korea affecting Korean users under its own extraterritoriality clause, and a foreign operator meeting revenue or user thresholds must appoint a domestic representative.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
official statute portal, National Law Information Center (law.go.kr)
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