Forum held June 25 at Seocho AICT Excellence Enterprise Center to support understanding of AI Basic Act and practical compliance
Experts presented on AI transparency, generative AI output labeling standards, high-impact AI, and safety management frameworks
Seoul's Seocho-gu held the "2026 Seocho AI Strategy Forum: Understanding the AI Basic Act and Practical Compliance" on June 25 at the Seocho AICT Excellence Enterprise Center conference hall to strengthen the practical capabilities of AI companies in the district.
The forum was organized in response to the revision and implementation of the Artificial Intelligence Basic Act on Jan. 22, with the aim of deepening local businesses' understanding of the law and helping them build systematic compliance strategies amid a rapidly changing AI industry landscape.
The event drew 125 attendees, including representatives from companies based at the Seocho AICT Excellence Enterprise Center and the Seoul AI Hub, startup founders, officials from related organizations, and civil servants. Participants showed strong interest in the key issues surrounding the AI Basic Act and the standards and procedures companies need to prepare for.
Expert presentations covered five topics: criteria and procedures for determining whether a system qualifies as high-impact AI, presented by Kim Hyeong-jun, center director at the National Intelligence Information Society Agency (NIA); risk management for high-impact AI and operator obligations, by Bae Dong-seok, team leader at the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA); the AI impact assessment regime, by Moon Jeong-uk, division director at the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI); AI transparency and standards for labeling generative AI outputs, by Kwak Jun-ho, team leader at TTA; and guidelines for securing AI safety, by Choi Min-seok, division director at the ETRI AI Safety Institute (ETRI AISI).
A panel discussion and Q&A session followed, during which participants raised specific questions and discussed practical compliance measures on topics companies face in actual business operations — including procedures for determining whether a system constitutes high-impact AI affecting people's rights or safety, and obligations to label deepfake content.
One startup founder who attended said the event was helpful. "Since the AI Basic Act took effect, I had a vague sense of burden about regulatory compliance," the founder said. "Having experts lay out specific standards and practical responses gave me a clearer direction for planning our business going forward."
Seocho-gu District Mayor Jeon Seong-su said he hoped the forum would help establish practical compliance benchmarks for an AI industry bracing for uncertainty following the revision of the AI Basic Act. "We will continue to actively gather feedback from the field and expand policy support so that innovative companies in our district can build global competitiveness," he said.
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