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Luhut Has Recruited Young People To Create Domestic AI
Friday, 21 Feb 2025
Chairman of the National Economic Council (DEN) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan stated that his party has recruited several young Indonesians to create domestic artificial intelligence (AI).
"Now there are several young people in Indonesia that we are recruiting, they are working," said Luhut in Jakarta, Tuesday (2/18).
Luhut said that in the next two weeks the young people who were appointed will make a presentation before the President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto.
"Maybe in the next two weeks they will present to the President," said Luhut.
Luhut said that the AI ??that is created will use Indonesian and English, and is expected to strengthen the digitalization ecosystem in the country.
"Can speak English and Indonesian, the important thing is that with this digitalization Indonesia can become an efficient country," he said.
According to him, the development of AI requires high costs, because it uses open source.
Deputy Minister of Communication and Digital (Wamenkomdigi) Nezar Patria said the government is still exploring artificial intelligence (AI) technology to optimize the development of the technology in Indonesia.
"We are still studying its development because these are technological innovations, and of course we see that what DeepSeek produces can certainly be an alternative [for AI development in Indonesia]," said Nezar when met at the Ministry of Communication and Digital Office, Central Jakarta, Monday (17/2).
This was conveyed by Nezar in response to steps taken by other countries which are currently blocking and not allowing DeepSeek to operate in their countries.
DeepSeek in early 2025 created a global stir by releasing their latest AI model, DeepSeek R1, which can be used for free by many users.
With a service similar to ChatGPT from OpenAI, the startup from China has apparently received many bans and restrictions in several countries because it is considered to carry potential cybersecurity threats.
Several countries that have imposed restrictions and bans on the use of DeepSeek technology include South Korea, Italy, Australia, and Taiwan.
