Concerns over generative artificial intelligence (AI) infringing on personal data were found to be very high.
On the 17th, results from an online survey conducted by the Korea Press Foundation (KPF) of 1,000 people in Korea in their 20s to 60s who know what generative AI is showed that 90.2% of respondents said they were worried that "AI may infringe on people's rights to personal data by learning and accumulating people's personal information."
People's anxiety about AI was not limited to personal data breaches. A total of 87.2% of respondents said they were worried that "many jobs or tasks will be replaced by AI." Another 68.0% expressed the view that they had "experienced anxiety that they are not keeping up with the pace of generative AI technology development." In addition, 89.6% answered that they were worried that "people will believe false information seen in AI answers as fact, causing social confusion."
Opinions were divided by field on whether to accept content produced by media outlets and others using AI as news articles. As for using it as a fact-checking tool, 64.5% of respondents said it was "acceptable as a news article," but 60.0% said they were "uncomfortable seeing it as a news article" when it is used as an image generation tool.