The government is pushing a plan to require AI training data built through government projects to be provided to the national data platform AI Hub.

The Ministry of Science and ICT said on Monday that amendments to the Framework Act on Artificial Intelligence and the Data Industry Act, which include those measures, passed a cabinet meeting.

The amendments focus on expanding the securing and provision of AI training data produced in government projects. They also aim to raise usability by providing integrated information on where public and private data are held.

The amendment to the AI framework law makes it mandatory to link and provide AI training data built or produced in the course of carrying out government projects to AI Hub. AI Hub is an AI training data platform the ministry has operated since 2018.

Data linking and provision can be exempted if it falls under reasons set by presidential decree, including protection of trade secrets, infringement of personal information or copyrights, and national security. The amendments also set grounds for the government to provide administrative, financial and technical support needed for data provision and to take quality management measures.

The amendment to the Data Industry Act includes measures to expand linkages for a "one-window" service that provides integrated information on where public and private data are held. The one-window service, launched last year, allows users to search in one place for information on where data are held across multiple data platforms.

Under the amendment, the science minister can request cooperation from public institutions and private corporations to link data location information. In particular, public institutions are required to comply with such requests unless there is a special reason not to. The amendment also newly sets grounds for technical and financial support needed to link data platforms.

The two amendments will take effect six months after promulgation following legislative procedures. The government will push to revise subordinate regulations with the aim of implementation in April 2027.

Eom Yeol (엄열), head of the AI Policy Bureau at the ministry, said that building a foundation that allows the public to easily find and use the data they need is important to boosting AI competitiveness. He said the legal revisions will strengthen the national foundation for using AI data and support the development of the AI industry.