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        "msgid": "analyst-says-ai-talent-factory-programme-needs-to-be-expanded-1792587273",
        "date": "2026-10-21 19:21:33",
        "title": "Analyst Says AI Talent Factory Programme Needs to Be Expanded",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Technology",
        "summary": "Telecommunications analyst Heru Sutadi says the government\u2019s AI Talent Factory should be expanded and linked more closely to employers to address Indonesia\u2019s growing need for digital talent. He urges a broader curriculum and outcome-based evaluation, arguing that the programme must connect training, research and industry with real jobs and deployed Indonesian AI solutions.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) \u2013 Telecommunications analyst Heru Sutadi says the\nscale of the AI Talent Factory programme needs to be expanded, given\nIndonesia\u2019s large and rapidly growing demand for digital talent.<\/p>\n<p>Heru said the programme has strong potential to bridge the skills gap\nin artificial intelligence (AI), as participants are assigned to work on\nreal-world cases with universities, experts and industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need a clear pathway from education and training to\ncertification, industry projects and employment. We must not succeed in\nproducing AI talent but fail to provide opportunities for them to\ncontribute and develop the national AI industry,\u201d Heru told ANTARA on\nWednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The executive director of the Information and Communication\nTechnology (ICT) Institute also welcomed the programme\u2019s integration\nwith the state-owned enterprises\u2019 AI Talent Pool, describing it as a\nstrategic way to connect training outcomes with job opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>However, he cautioned that the curriculum should not focus solely on\ntechnical skills for building models.<\/p>\n<p>AI talent must also understand the supporting ecosystem, he said,\nincluding data engineering, cloud computing, cyber security, system\nintegration, AI ethics, personal data protection and business needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ability to develop AI in Indonesian and understand the local\ncontext is also important. It is not enough to train people who can\nbuild AI models; we need talent capable of creating solutions that are\nsafe, useful and genuinely adopted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Heru outlined four crucial measures to strengthen the AI Talent\nFactory. The first is to introduce outcome-based evaluation that\nmeasures graduates\u2019 competencies, employment rates and the solutions\nthey implement.<\/p>\n<p>Second, partnerships should be expanded to include state-owned\nenterprises, start-ups and local governments, so that talent-developed\nprojects do not stall at the prototype stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AI Talent Factory must become an ecosystem connecting talent,\nresearch, industry and markets, not merely a training programme. The\nultimate measures are productivity, innovation, quality jobs and the\ngrowth of AI products created in Indonesia,\u201d Heru said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Kemkomdigi) is\npreparing the AI Talent Factory to develop new digital talent and\naccelerate the formation of a national artificial intelligence (AI)\necosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Kemkomdigi has designed the AI Talent Factory as a centre for\ndeveloping digital talent through research and industry.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will be directed to take part in strategic national\nprojects across priority sectors, including health, education, financial\nservices and agriculture.<\/p>",
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