Law note · South Korea

AI Framework Act, Article 31 (transparency obligations for AI outputs)

Citation	Act No. 20676, Article 31
Status	In effect
In force	2026-01-22
Reviewed	as of 2026-08-14

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.

What it asks of an app

• Notify users when content they see was produced by generative AI
• Check the Enforcement Decree for labeling specifics as they phase in

When LexLint raises it

Declared activities: generates_content, deploys_chatbot

Primary source: official statute portal, National Law Information Center (law.go.kr)
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