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View all search resultsGovt under pressure from US Big Tech as AI rules near launch
The Communications and Digital Ministry has submitted drafts of two presidential regulations on AI ethics and a 2026-2029 national AI roadmap to the State Secretariat, setting broad principles for AI development while seeking to attract investment into talent and infrastructure.
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A message reading “AI artificial intelligence,“ a keyboard and robot hands are seen in this illustration created on Jan. 27, 2025. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)
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ndonesia is facing pressure from major United States tech companies to revisit provisions in upcoming regulations on artificial intelligence as the government starts to build the country’s first legal frameworks to govern the rapidly advancing technology.
The Communications and Digital Ministry has submitted drafts of two presidential regulations on AI ethics and a 2026-2029 national AI roadmap to the State Secretariat, setting broad principles for AI development while seeking to attract investment into talent and infrastructure.
Several AI companies, including firms from the US, requested that the government reopen discussions on the draft presidential regulation, which has been in the making for two years, to accommodate their input on innovation and regulation, Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid said on June 11.
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Aju Widya Sari, director of AI and new technology ecosystems at the ministry, said the concerns were “largely technical” and centered on some clauses on ethics.
US stakeholders questioned how ethical obligations would be implemented, enforced and benchmarked against international standards, she said.
Those concerns were formally conveyed by the US-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC), the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) and US technology providers that participated in the consultation process.
