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Korea AI Basic Act Art. 31(2)–(3): generative-AI output labels and realistic-content notice

Indicate that outputs are AI-generated, and notify or label realistic synthetic sound, images or video so users can recognise them; a machine-readable mark alone needs at least one text or voice notice (Decree Art. 23(2)–(3))

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from Korea AI Act Art. 31(2)–(3) 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(2)–(3)ClauseKorea AI ActArt. 31–Duty holder: Operators providing generative AIDuty holderOperatorsproviding…Applies from: 2026-01-22 (Grace period)Applies from2026-01-22Grace periodArtefact: Provenance pipeline: visible label or machine-readable mark plus at least one text or voice noticeArtefactProvenancepipelineLayers: Layer 03 Evals & Red Teaming as Evidence and Layer 04 Runtime Controls & ObservabilityLayersLayer 03Layer 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(2)–(3) 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(2)–(3)ClauseKorea AI Act · Art. 31–Duty holder: Operators providing generative AIDuty holderOperators providing generative AIApplies from: 2026-01-22 (Grace period)Applies from2026-01-22 · Grace periodArtefact: Provenance pipeline: visible label or machine-readable mark plus at least one text or voice noticeArtefactProvenance pipelineLayers: Layer 03 Evals & Red Teaming as Evidence and Layer 04 Runtime Controls & ObservabilityLayersLayer 03Layer 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-ART31-2. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: Korea AI Act, Art. 31–.
  • Duty holder: Operators providing generative AI.
  • Applies from: 2026-01-22, Grace period.
  • Artefact: Provenance pipeline.
  • Layers: Layer 03, 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-ART31-2 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-ART31-2 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-ART31-2
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-ART31-2
Instrument
South Korea AI Basic Act law
Clause
Art. 31(2)–(3)
In scope
Operators providing generative AI
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

Provenance pipeline: visible label or machine-readable mark plus at least one text or voice notice.

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(2)–(3): generative-AI output labels and realistic-content notice (AIGE-OBL-KR-ART31-2). 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-art31-2. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{Korea AI Basic Act Art. 31(2)–(3): generative-AI output labels and realistic-content notice (AIGE-OBL-KR-ART31-2)}},
  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-art31-2},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}