Welcoming Tony Blair, The Minister Of Communication And Information Asks For Support To Create An AI Regulation Draft

Tony Blair's visit to the Ministry of Communication and Information (photo: Dinda Buana/VOI)

JAKARTA - After meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, former Prime Minister (PM) Inggri, Tony Blair visited the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology on Friday, April 19.

During the meeting, Minister of Communication and Information Budi Arie Setiadi said that the Tony Blair Institute discussed three main issues, namely connectivity, data center, and also digital ID.

"Earlier, accompanied by Mr. Deputy Minister, Mr. Danny and Mr. Widodo, we discussed this matter, and what I said earlier, he also expressed concern about the genrative AI," Budi told the media about his meeting with Tony Blair.

Considering that Indonesia only has regulations in the form of Circular about AI Ethics, Budi asked for Tony Blair Institute's support to determine the appropriate regulations to apply in Indonesia.

"Tony Blair also conveyed that there is a global concern regarding AI's generating arrangements and offered a kind of collaboration with Indonesia in order to exchange ideas, exchange experiences, as well as a kind of partner for discussions to formulate framework regulators," added Deputy Minister of Communication and Information Nezar Patria.

On Thursday, April 18, President Jokowi received Tony Blair at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta accompanied by the Minister of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB) Abdullah Azwar Anas, Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, and Minister of Investment/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia.

There, Jokowi asked the former British PM who is also the leader of the Tony Blair Institute to accelerate or accelerate the digital transformation of the bureaucracy in Indonesia.