Indonesia Has No AI Audit Agency — Should a Special Body Be Created?

Jakarta, KOMPAS.com — The Artificial Intelligence Research and Innovation Collaboration (KORIKA) has stated that Indonesia currently has no official body authorised to oversee and audit artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

“Currently, there is no AI audit at all. Not a single agency exists, including KORIKA which does not perform this function,” said KORIKA Secretary-General Oskar Riandi during a public hearing (RDPU) with the House of Representatives’ Commission I, specifically the Digital Space Working Committee (Panja), at the Senayan Parliamentary Complex in Jakarta on Monday, 25 May 2026.

Oskar explained that technology testing functions were previously under the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT). However, after BPPT was merged into the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), no new institution has taken over the specific mandate to audit AI technologies entering and developing in the country.

“Indeed, who oversees bias, who monitors potential misuse of Personal Data Protection (PDP), and so on, has yet to be determined,” Oskar said.

Currently, the Ministry of Communications and Digital (Komdigi) is leading inter-ministerial and university coordination to implement the AI Roadmap concept. Given Komdigi’s already heavy workload, KORIKA recommends the government consider establishing an independent specialised body to manage AI development in Indonesia more swiftly and focused.

“Although there is already an AI Directorate within Komdigi, we believe a dedicated body to manage AI in Indonesia is necessary. This would enable faster progress with adequate funding to execute the roadmaps developed by Komdigi,” he added.

However, Oskar also cautioned that the designated audit agency must operate professionally without becoming a new bureaucratic hurdle for the digital industry.

“We hope that a newly empowered audit agency does not become a bottleneck, or in other words, a bargaining position. This is certainly not desirable, especially when it concerns health, national security, and other critical areas,” he concluded.