Jakarta, Aug. 20 -- The Indonesian Food and Drug Authority (BPOM) is exploring AI-focused education with the University of the Republic of Indonesia (URI) to prepare future leaders and strengthen talent for drug and food supervision.

BPOM Head Taruna Ikrar met URI Governor Donny Taufanto to discuss developing a BPOM vocational school and the need to balance AI-driven education with stronger human resources.

"Collaboration among academia, business and government, or ABG, is one approach being promoted to build a human-centered AI leadership ecosystem," Ikrar said here Thursday.

BPOM also supports integrating AI into cross-disciplinary national leadership curricula, particularly to strengthen data literacy and technology ethics, he said....