
Request to restrict access to adult content and strengthen blocking of harmful information
The Broadcasting Media and Communications Standards Commission held a youth protection cooperation meeting with 15 AI chat service providers on the 21st and announced that it will begin full-scale deliberation on AI chat services that create sexually suggestive characters and sexual conversations starting next month.
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The Broadcasting Media and Communications Standards Commission confirmed the distribution of sensational information within AI chat services and discussed ways to protect youth.
Visiting US Review Committee, 15 AI chat operators and youth protection cooperation meeting
Request to restrict access to adult content and strengthen blocking of harmful information
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hyunmin Yoo = The Korea Communications Standards Commission will begin full-scale deliberation next month on artificial intelligence (AI) chat services that create sexual conversations with provocative characters.
On the 21st, the US Visitation Committee announced that it held a cooperation meeting to protect youth with 15 AI chat service providers at the Mok-dong Broadcasting Center in Seoul and shared the current status of distribution of sensational information within the service.
Through intensive monitoring, the U.S. Defense Commission confirmed cases where sexual body parts were excessively exposed in character images, or content reminiscent of sexual acts or expressions that sexually objectified women were included in profiles, tags, and situation descriptions. There were also cases where AI created conversations depicting body exposure or sexual acts when users entered sexually suggestive content.
The US Review Committee urged business operators to strengthen the function of detecting and blocking illegal and harmful information at the input and output stages of AI chat and to improve the user reporting system.
In addition, it was requested to clearly distinguish between content available for youth and content for adults, apply a label harmful to youth to adult content, and constantly check to ensure that access restrictions through identity verification are not neutralized by bypass access.
Business owners agreed on the need for youth protection measures, shared difficulties in running startups, and discussed effective protection measures.
The U.S. Visit Committee plans to begin full-scale deliberation in November by reviewing opinions from business operators and investigating the harmfulness of each service and the status of application of measures to restrict access to youth.
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