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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.ClauseKorea AI ActArt. 31–Duty holderOperatorsproviding…Applies from2026-01-22Grace periodArtefactProvenancepipelineLayersLayer 03Layer 04Evidence 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.ClauseKorea AI Act · Art. 31–Duty holderOperators providing generative AIApplies from2026-01-22 · Grace periodArtefactProvenance pipelineLayersLayer 03Layer 04Evidence 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.
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}
}