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Rise of AI agents now target for South Korean privacy regulator to 'monitor'

By Choonsik Yoo ( February 3, 2025, 06:03 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea's privacy regulator will closely monitor possible risks associated with artificial intelligence agents, which are expected to grow rapidly in the next few years, its chairperson told MLex in an exclusive interview. Ko Hak-soo, Chairperson of the Personal Information Protection Commission, also said the commission plans to focus this year on developing guidelines on data privacy issues tailored for specific groups of AI users, such as public organizations, smaller enterprises, and startups. Ko also intends to play a leading role in streamlining and reorganizing the nearly 50-year-old international forum for data protection and privacy authorities, while helping the country intensify international engagement in AI governance debates. The development and deployment of agentic artificial intelligence systems is expected to increase significantly in the next few years, prompting a close examination of their potential risks in the coming months by the South Korean privacy regulator, according to its chairperson....

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