The act will force companies providing AI services to:Add invisible digital watermarks for clearly artificial outputs such as cartoons or artwork. South Korea accounts for 53% of all global deepfake pornography victims, according to a 2023 report by Security Hero, a US-based identity protection firm. Civil society groups maintain that the new legislation provides limited protection for people harmed by AI systems. The law established no prohibited AI systems, they argued, and exemptions for “human involvement” created significant loopholes. Experts said South Korea had deliberately chosen a different path from other jurisdictions.