Pramono Refuses to Blame PPSU in Case of AI-Generated Photo Response to JAKI Report: It Will Be Uncovered in Due Time

JAKARTA - Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung has emphasised that he does not wish to blame Public Facilities and Infrastructure Handling Officers (PPSU) in the case of alleged manipulation of photos using artificial intelligence (AI) in a report on the Jakarta Kini (JAKI) app.

Pramono stated that the Jakarta Inspectorate is currently conducting an in-depth investigation into several parties.

“At present, the Inspectorate is delving into the matter with the Kalisari ward head, the PPSU officers, and the district office. Everything will be uncovered in due time,” Pramono said at Jakarta City Hall in Central Jakarta on Tuesday (7/4/2026).

He assessed that it is unlikely the field officers were directly involved in the AI manipulation.

“If we then blame the PPSU, that won’t do either; the PPSU officers are certainly not the ones who carried out or manipulated the AI,” he said.

He requested that the Inspectorate focus on identifying the party that created and uploaded the fabricated photo into the JAKI system.

“What I have asked to be investigated is to find out who performed the AI manipulation and who uploaded it,” Pramono stated.

Although the Kalisari ward head has issued an apology for the incident, Pramono assured that the examination process will continue.

Previously, Kalisari Ward Head Siti Nurhasanah admitted to the upload of a follow-up photo for a citizen’s report that was suspected to be AI-generated.

She stated that the PPSU officer who uploaded the photo had been given a first written warning (SP1) and asked not to repeat the action.

“The officer in question has been given an SP1 and has made a statement not to repeat the action,” Siti said in an official statement on Monday (6/4/2026).

Siti explained that at the time, the PPSU officer was following up on a citizen’s report regarding illegal parking received through JAKI.

However, in the process, the officer uploaded a photo suspected to be fabricated. She noted that handling illegal parking is usually carried out jointly with the Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) or PPSU officers.

“We will discuss this issue together to ensure it does not happen again in the future,” she said.