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Korea AI Basic Act Art. 31(1): prior notice of high-impact or generative AI

Tell users in advance that a product or service runs on high-impact or generative AI, in the product, the terms, the screen or the place of supply (Decree Art. 23(1)); a missing notice is finable (Art. 43)

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from Korea AI Act Art. 31(1) to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.Clause: South Korea AI Basic Act, Art. 31(1)ClauseKorea AI ActArt. 31Duty holder: AI business operatorsDuty holderAI businessoperatorsApplies from: 2026-01-22 (Grace period)Applies from2026-01-22Grace periodArtefact: Notice component in UI, terms and contracts; notice inventory per user surfaceArtefactNoticecomponent in…Layers: Layer 02 Inventory & Transparency and Layer 04 Runtime Controls & ObservabilityLayersLayer 02Layer 04Evidence record: the common evidence record (Evidence record v1)Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from Korea AI Act Art. 31(1) to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.Clause: South Korea AI Basic Act, Art. 31(1)ClauseKorea AI Act · Art. 31Duty holder: AI business operatorsDuty holderAI business operatorsApplies from: 2026-01-22 (Grace period)Applies from2026-01-22 · Grace periodArtefact: Notice component in UI, terms and contracts; notice inventory per user surfaceArtefactNotice component in UI,…Layers: Layer 02 Inventory & Transparency and Layer 04 Runtime Controls & ObservabilityLayersLayer 02Layer 04Evidence record: the common evidence record (Evidence record v1)Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-KR-ART31-1. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: Korea AI Act, Art. 31.
  • Duty holder: AI business operators.
  • Applies from: 2026-01-22, Grace period.
  • Artefact: Notice component in UI,….
  • Layers: Layer 02, Layer 04.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
When this obligation appliesThe date of AIGE-OBL-KR-ART31-1 on a time axis, against its review date 2026-09-24.2024202620282030As of 2026-09-242026-01-22 · Grace periodMSIT holds back fact-findingand fines for a guidance periodof at least one year, while theduty applies2026-01-22 · Grace period · MSIT holds back fact-finding and fines for a guidance period of at least one year, while the duty appliesSource: Obligation register(chapter 08)
When this obligation appliesThe date of AIGE-OBL-KR-ART31-1 on a time axis, against its review date 2026-09-24.2026-01-22 · Grace periodMSIT holds back fact-finding and fines for a guidanceperiod of at least one year, while the duty applies2024202620282030As of 2026-09-242026-01-22 · Grace period · MSIT holds back fact-finding and fines for a guidance period of at least one year, while the duty appliesSource: Obligation register (chapter 08)
When this obligation applies The first date in the row's status, then each later step: filled once its date has passed, outlined while it is still ahead of the review date.
Data table: the dates
Dates of AIGE-OBL-KR-ART31-1
DateStepDetail
2026-01-22Grace periodMSIT holds back fact-finding and fines for a guidance period of at least one year, while the duty applies
Id
AIGE-OBL-KR-ART31-1
Instrument
South Korea AI Basic Act law
Clause
Art. 31(1)
In scope
AI business operators
Authority
MSIT
Applies from
Grace period · MSIT holds back fact-finding and fines for a guidance period of at least one year, while the duty applies

The artefact that evidences it

Notice component in UI, terms and contracts; notice inventory per user surface.

Patterns that build it

Source

Chapter 08, section South Korea, article by article, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). Korea AI Basic Act Art. 31(1): prior notice of high-impact or generative AI (AIGE-OBL-KR-ART31-1). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-kr-art31-1. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{Korea AI Basic Act Art. 31(1): prior notice of high-impact or generative AI (AIGE-OBL-KR-ART31-1)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-kr-art31-1},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}