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High-impact AI (Korea)

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Under Korea's AI Basic Act, an AI system that may significantly affect life, physical safety or fundamental rights and is used in a listed area such as health care, hiring and loan screening, biometric analysis, transport or public-service decisions. It triggers risk-management, explanation, human-oversight and record-keeping duties 1.

Developed in
ch. 21, High-impact AI and how it is confirmed
Chapters
ch. 21, AI Laws Worldwide
Contrast with
High-risk AI system
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

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

High-impact AI (Korea): mentions per chapter15 mentions of the term across 3 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter08 Regulatory Map: 6 mentions08 Regulatory Map610 Reading List: 2 mentions10 Reading List221 AI Laws Worldwide: 7 mentions21 AI Laws Worldwide7No mentions in the other 20 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
High-impact AI (Korea): mentions per chapter15 mentions of the term across 3 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter000102030405060708 Regulatory Map: 6 mentions60810 Reading List: 2 mentions2101112131415161718192021 AI Laws Worldwide: 7 mentions7212223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of High-impact AI (Korea) per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map6No
10 Reading List2No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide7Yes
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No

Patterns that use this term

One pattern page uses the term.

High-impact AI (Korea): related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedContrastColour: stack layer of the pattern05 AssuranceHigh-impact AI (Korea)Related terms (1)AI system · RelatedAI systemContrast with (1)High-risk AI system · ContrastHigh-risk AI systemPatterns using it (1)Disclosure & Notification Pipeline, 1 mention · Uses the termDisclosure & Notification…
High-impact AI (Korea): related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedContrastColour: stack layer of the pattern05 AssuranceRelated terms (1)AI system · RelatedAI systemPatterns using it (1)Disclosure & Notification Pipeline, 1 mention · Uses the termDisclosure & Notification…Contrast with (1)High-risk AI system · ContrastHigh-risk AI systemHigh-impact AI(Korea)
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
Neighbourhood as a table
Neighbourhood of High-impact AI (Korea)
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Related termsAI systemRelated
Contrast withHigh-risk AI systemContrast
Patterns using itDisclosure & Notification Pipeline, 1 mentionUses the term
  • AI system

    For governance, the object the AI definition brings into scope.

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). High-impact AI (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/high-impact-ai-korea. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026highimpactaikorea,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{High-impact AI (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/high-impact-ai-korea}
}