Indonesia has given a special “golden visa” to Samuel Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, the company that made ChatGPT. This visa, which started in August and lets you stay for 10 years, is for famous people who can do good things in Indonesia. The Immigration Director General, Silmy Karim, said there are different kinds of golden visas, and one is for people known all over the world who can help Indonesia. You need recommendations from important government groups to get this visa.
Samuel Altman is famous for his work at OpenAI, a US company that studies artificial intelligence. He visited Indonesia before to talk about AI. With this golden visa, people hope he’ll help make AI better in Indonesia. As a golden visa holder, Altman gets special treatment at the airport, can stay longer, has easier entry and exit from Indonesia, and doesn’t need a special permit for a short stay. This decision by the Immigration Authority is a big step to make Indonesia’s AI community stronger.