South Korea\'s Personal Information Protection Commission reviewed and approved the results of a pre-assessment of Naver Corp\'s AI Tab search AI agent service. The commission decided Naver can operate the service legally on the condition it implements agreed measures. Naver sought the review ahead of launching the feature to ensure lawful and safe use of user data. The regulator set requirements on opt-out options, transparency and added security steps, and preventing sensitive and identifying data from being inferred or included in AI answers.

OpenAI has completed the appointment of a local representative in South Korea under the revised Personal Information Protection Act, officials said. The law requires overseas firms with a Korean unit to designate that unit as the local representative and disclose it in their privacy policy. OpenAI updated its Korea privacy policy on April 1. OpenAI also said it will follow obligations under the AI Basic Act, which requires a local representative and reporting to the science ministry.