The National Assembly of South Korea has passed a unanimous amendment to the Personal Information Protection Act approved by the committee, allowing AI developers to use limited personal data after committee review. This change addresses long-standing complaints from the local AI industry that the original law restricted technology development using original personal data, as previous exemptions only covered limited use cases such as voice anti-fraud and autonomous robots with short validity periods. The new rule will take effect six months after approval by the State Council, with the committee set to draft specific guidelines and subordinate laws after gathering expert and industry input. Although it eases restrictions on local AI training, the regulation still requires oversight and control, meaning data usage limits are determined by authorities rather than companies.