AI Framework Act and Data Industry Act Amendments Pass Cabinet Meeting, Strengthening National AI Data Management
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The government passed amendments to the AI Framework Act and the Data Industry Act at a Cabinet meeting on the 13th to lay a legal foundation for the systematic national management and use of AI training data created through government projects.
The AI Framework Act amendments provide a basis for linking AI training data built and produced in government projects with AI Hub, while the Data Industry Act amendments promote data linking and provision but carve out exceptions for trade secret protection, personal information or copyright infringement, and national security.
The amendments also strengthen the one-window linkage framework for providing public and private data source information in one place, and are set to take effect in April 2027, six months after promulgation.
The government has begun laying a legal foundation to manage and use AI training data created through government projects more systematically at the national level. The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 13th that amendments to the Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of Trustworthiness (the AI Framework Act) and the Framework Act on the Promotion of Data Industry and Data Utilization (the Data Industry Act) passed a Cabinet meeting. The revisions focus on reorganizing the national data management system.
The centerpiece of the amendments is linking AI training data generated through government projects with AI Hub. They also include measures to establish a single window for providing public and private data source information. The core of the revisions is creating a legal basis for the systematic management and use of AI training data built and produced through government projects at the national level.
Through these measures, the government said it aims to make it easier for universities and small and medium-sized enterprises to search for and use data. The effort is intended to improve data accessibility and usability by offering public and private data source information in one place and linking AI training data generated in government projects.
The AI Framework Act amendments include institutional grounds for linking and providing AI training data built and produced in the course of government projects and other tasks with "AI Hub." AI Hub is a platform operated by the Ministry of Science and ICT, which began service in 2018. It is responsible for building and opening training data that universities and small and medium-sized enterprises would otherwise have difficulty securing on their own.
The Data Industry Act amendments seek to promote data linking and provision, while allowing data linking and provision to remain nonmandatory when reasons specified in a presidential decree apply. Exceptions include protection of trade secrets, infringement of personal information or copyright, and national security concerns.
The revisions also specify the authority of the minister of science and ICT and the heads of related central administrative agencies to take support and quality management measures. The scope of such measures includes administrative, financial, and technical support related to data linking and provision, as well as quality management.
A key point of the amendments is strengthening the "one-window" linkage framework for integrated provision of information on public and private data platform sources. "One-window" is a data location search service that connects catalog information from public and private data platforms, and the Ministry of Science and ICT began operating it last year. As of the end of last year, AI Hub's open AI training data consisted of 945 government project-built items, and the cumulative total, including 10 items under construction this year, stands at 955.
Under the amendments, the minister of science and ICT may request public institutions and private corporations to link the data source information needed to build and operate one-window. Public institutions must comply with the request unless there is a special reason not to do so. The scope of support for data linking will also expand, making technical and financial support possible.
Currently, 88 public and private data platforms are linked with one-window. Examples of linked platforms include the Public Data Portal and the Financial Big Data Platform. As of August this year, the participating lineup consisted of 73 public platforms and 15 private platforms.
The amendments to the AI Framework Act and the Data Industry Act will take effect in April 2027, six months after promulgation. The Ministry of Science and ICT plans to push ahead with revising related subordinate statutes in line with the implementation date.
Um Yeol, director of AI policy at the Ministry of Science and ICT, said that securing high-quality AI training data and building a foundation for the public to search for and use data are important for enhancing AI competitiveness. He also said the law revisions will strengthen the national base for using AI data and support the development of the AI industry.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=408135
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