Indonesia Eyes Detailed National Regulation on Artificial Intelligence

ANTARA | 7 January 2025

Deputy Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Nezar Patria delivers a keynote speech at the AI Roundtable - AI Literacy Summit in Jakarta on December 16, 2024.

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government is set to draft a more detailed and comprehensive regulation on the use and control of artificial intelligence (AI).

During a meeting in his office in Jakarta on Monday (January 6), Deputy Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi) Nezar Patria invited Presidential Special Staff for Creative Economy Yovie Widiyanto to partake in the drafting of such a regulation.

"We may draft either a presidential regulation or a ministerial one as a more detailed provision," he pointed out.

The deputy minister also highlighted that the planned regulation would complement a circular letter on AI ethics issued by the government in 2023.

"The circular letter has been quite well received by the public. However, it remains crucial that the government implement a more detailed regulation in response to the increasing popularity of AI in Indonesia," he noted in the ministry's statement cited here on Tuesday.

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