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Indonesia monitors ChatGPT service

Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) is monitoring the ChatGPT service developed by OpenAI, a United States-based artificial intelligence (AI) research company, which operates in the country, Antara news agency reported.
Indonesia monitors ChatGPT service ảnh 1ChatGPT is a generative AI capable of examining large amounts of data to generate answers to various questions through prompt commands.(Photo:en.tempo.co)

Jakarta(VNA) - Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) ismonitoring the ChatGPT service developed by OpenAI, a United States-basedartificial intelligence (AI) research company, which operates in the country,Antara news agency reported.

ChatGPT is a generative AIcapable of examining large amounts of data to generate answers to variousquestions through prompt commands.

Kominfo director general for applicationsand informatic Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan said on February 23 that his agencywill see whether ChatGPT has entered the Indonesian market or not.

If they target the Indonesianmarket, the agency will ask them to register for the electronic system operator(PSE) license, he said.

If ChatGPT falls intothe six PSE categories, it is mandatory to register in line with the government’sregulation relating to the implementation of electronic systems and transactionsand the Kominfor Ministers’regulation concerning private PSE.

In early February, OpenAIannounced the paid version of ChatGPT dubbed ChatGPT Plus with the subscriptionpackage being offered at 20 USD per month./.

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