After the European Union introduced the AI Act in 2024, South Korea introduced the AI Basic Act on January 22, a new set of laws aimed at regulating artificial intelligence. What exactly is South Korea’s AI Basic Act? In a nutshell, the AI Basic Act will require companies that use AI to add invisible digital watermarks to AI-generated content, such as cartoons and artwork. Story continues below this adSouth Korea’s AI Basic Act is also labelled as the “world’s first” law to be fully enforced by the country. To this, South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT said it expects the AI Basic Act to “remove legal uncertainty” and work on a “healthy and safe domestic AI ecosystem.”