AI 아나운서 확산에 따른 법적 논란에 관한 영역별 쟁점의 고찰

AI technology that drives the 4th Industrial Revolution has also been introduced in the journalism field, rapidly changing the journalism environment and the topography of the media industry. Following AI reporters, the emergence of AI announcers creates a low-cost, high-efficiency production environment that pressures innovative changes in legacy journalism while mass-producing legal issues that failed to reach social consensus. AI algorithms have already reached the level of autonomous judgment in limited environments. This means that AI announcers have reached the level of independently producing media content. However, the current legal system exposes the limitations of being unable to effectively respond to fake news and illegal activities, including economic and mental losses caused by AI announcers. There is also no legal or institutional device in the area of copyright related to AI announcers. Therefore, in order to effectively deal with various legal issues arising from AI announcers, granting legal personality to AI announcers is a prerequisite and the installation of a security program to filter out fake news or efforts should be made to prevent the unauthorized use of AI announcers’ news contents because they are not subject to copyright law. In addition, it is possible to support AI-related research centered on academia and industry, and write down AI guidelines for ethical dimensions. Furthermore, the improvement of a legal system suitable for reality based on the research results of academia is also a task in the era of AI journalism.