Indonesia's next digital leap, rather than helping democratize access, must lead toward democratizing capability: using AI to generate value.

Several incidents in which AI models from developers including OpenAI accessed external systems during testing have highlighted the difficulty of containing unexpected behaviour in advanced agents, and prompted calls for tighter safety regulations.

The Chinese companies copied US AI labs’ intellectual property through a technique known as distillation, according to a statement from US law enforcement and intelligence officials.

The US wants to discuss cooperation on monitoring AI-directed cyberattacks, and has floated a proposal to ask US and Chinese AI labs to "police themselves" and share information to prevent AI-linked cyberattacks.

Known for his candor, Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa's tenure was marked by the fastest economic growth in three years, but also the widest budget deficit in over twenty years outside of the pandemic, and credit rating outlook downgrades by ratings agencies Fitch and Moody's.

The manufacturing sector’s contribution to GDP remains substantial, 19.1 percent in 2025, but its growth has lagged behind national growth, causing its share of GDP to decline over the past 15 years.

Suahasil Nazara, former deputy finance minister, pledged after his inauguration to maintain a “healthy and credible” state budget.

As Indonesia expands its metal and aluminum capacity, GIFA and METEC Indonesia are positioning themselves as platforms to accelerate downstream processing, improve efficiency and strengthen the country’s industrial value chain.

Under the mechanism, the government seeks to expand the existing tax base, potentially doubling the current figure of Rp 8 trillion (US$454 million) to 12 trillion.

The dollar inched up to trade near a two-week high on Tuesday as surging oil prices lifted Treasury yields and reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this week.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on AI companies to slow the rate at which they advance model capabilities amid mounting fears of misuse of artificial intelligence. Both Elon Musk, who runs xAI, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said that they agree with Amodei.