Jakarta, July 20 -- Indonesia has officially become one of the 29 founding members of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (WAICO), an intergovernmental organisation initiated by China, in a move aimed at accelerating the country's AI development while helping shape global AI governance principles. The country's national news agency Antara quoted Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto as saying on July 17 that joining the intergovernmental organisation will help Indonesia keep pace with rapid advances in AI while enabling the country to contribute to international AI governance. "The benefit of joining WAICO is to ensure Indonesia does not fall behind in AI development," he said at a press confer...