REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Communication and Informatics Ministry (Kominfo) is pushing for a comprehensive regulation on artificial intelligence (AI) as compliance with the ministerial circular No. 9/2023 concerning AI Ethics is not mandatory.

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is currently drafting a presidential regulation on AI, which is expected to be passed into law, Kominfo's director general of public information and communication, Usman Kansong, said at the "AI and Media Sustainability" forum.

"We encourage making regulations (on AI) in this country. It has been initiated by BRIN. It is drafting a presidential regulation on AI," he noted.

According to him, BRIN's move to draft a presidential regulation is appropriate considering that Indonesia has issued the National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence for 2020–2045, which includes AI ethics and policies.