Jakarta (ANTARA) - Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H. Laoly called for regulations protecting creative economy actors from challenges and threats presented by the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in terms of originality of works and copyrights.
"After all, there must be regulatory anticipation if that occurs," Laoly stated during a working meeting with Third Commission of the House of Representatives (DPR) at the parliament complex, Jakarta, Wednesday.
The commission has the scope of tasks in the fields of law, human rights, and security.
On the occasion, Laoly discussed about companies that are currently developing AI.
He said that the issue of intellectual property and moral aspects had become a cause for concern for companies.
"Google, yesterday, representatives in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, said, 'We are currently struggling and very careful about this,'" Laoly pointed out.
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From this explanation, Laoly also deems it necessary for Indonesia to prepare regulations to anticipate threats to originality and copyright that those engaged in the creative economy sector face.
"Moreover, it concerns, for example, our intellectual property," he affirmed.
Laoly made the statement in response to an issue raised by a member of the commission, Muhammad Nurdin.
At the working meeting, Nurdin alluded to AI that offers convenience in a plethora of ways though poses a threat to creative economy actors.
"Artificial intelligence can analyze and imitate other people's work with works that actually contain DNA from other people's work," Nurdin cautioned.
He also urged the Ministry of Law and Human Rights to immediately provide protection to copyright holders from the threat posed by AI use as well as prepare legal products that can protect creative economy actors from this harm.
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