Jakarta, Nov. 28 -- Indonesia's food and drug authority, BPOM, has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-based system for drug and food distribution permits to speed up registration and certification processes.

BPOM Head Taruna Ikrar said here on Friday that the move aligns with President Prabowo Subianto's directives.

The innovation was also recognized by the Indonesian World Records Museum (MURI) as the first major AI-based public service leap in Indonesia.

According to him, the development of science and technology is extraordinary, and the use of AI is inevitable; hence, BPOM is gradually adopting this technology.

"We understand that certification and registration processes, standardization, and what we call recognition process...