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AI business operator (Korea)

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Under the Korean AI Basic Act, a legal person, organisation, individual or state body doing AI business, split into development business operators, who develop and provide AI, and utilisation business operators, who offer products or services built on it 1.

Developed in
ch. 18, The same roles across regimes
Chapters
ch. 18, EU AI Act · ch. 21, AI Laws Worldwide
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

2 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

  • Domestic representative (Korea)

    A person with an address or office in Korea whom a foreign AI business operator above thresholds set by decree must designate in writing.

Sources

  1. [1] Basic Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and the Establishment of a Foundation for Trust (Korea AI Basic Act) (Act No. 20676, in force 2026-01-22; Art. 2 as amended 2026-01-20; Arts. 2(4) high-impact areas, 2(7) AI business operators, 33 confirmation, 34 high-impact duties, 36 domestic representative). Korean Law Information Center (MOLEG). 2026-01-22. https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=268543 (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). AI business operator (Korea). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/ai-business-operator-korea. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026aibusinessoperatorkorea,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{AI business operator (Korea)}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/ai-business-operator-korea}
}