AI Security Strategy and South Korea’s Challenges
Center for Strategic and International Studies
“Despite these broad efforts, South Korea’s AI strategy and legal framework still focus more on industry promotion and safety than national security. Article 4 of the AI Basic Act excludes national defense and security uses of AI from its scope, based on the assumption that other agencies handle those areas separately and are hard to align with civilian regulations. However, even outside the act, there is no clear legal basis for using AI in national defense or security, making it difficult to build solid strategies for such uses.”
“Also, unlike the EU AI Act—which classifies risk into four levels and applies regulation accordingly—South Korea’s framework minimizes or excludes regulation for most low-risk AI systems. But even low-risk systems can become serious national security threats if misused intentionally or systematically. This means a security-centered update is needed.”
https://www.csis.org/analysis/ai-security-strategy-and-south-koreas-challenges