What brought South Korea AI law to brink of revision before implementation
By Choonsik Yoo ( April 18, 2025, 05:06 GMT | Comment) -- Once touted as a source of national pride just a few months ago, South Korea’s framework law on artificial intelligence is now facing a possible revision even before its implementation, amid strong pushback from businesses. This comes at a time when the country’s political parties are going all out to appeal to voters ahead of a snap presidential election on June 3. A group of lawmakers from the party that holds a majority in the National Assembly proposed a bill yesterday to revise the law to reduce the proportion of regulations to zero by delaying the implementation of regulatory measures for three years so that the country can focus first on promoting the industry
Once touted as a source of national pride just a few months ago, South Korea’s framework law on artificial intelligence is now facing a possible revision even before its implementation, amid strong pushback from businesses. This comes at a time when the country’s political parties are going all out to appeal to voters ahead of a snap presidential election on June 3....
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