Abstract

This chapter analyzes the main regional and national AI policies undertaken in Latin America in recent years. It describes their principles, main actions, and objectives. Although the importance of AI, its development and expansion should be undertaken under a responsible, equal and secure form. As it will be possible to observe in this work, some governments in Latin America are still pondering the ethical principles, legal frameworks, and the best strategies to incorporate this disruptive technology into the public administration to improve internal performance and services. However, while some countries are already working on general policies and regulations, it is mandatory to provide secondary laws that include technical rules and procedures to developers, public officers, and users. It is also important to unify and integrate these national strategies from a regional perspective that provides national governments with legal and financial frameworks that allow them to cooperate and promote the development of AI laboratories, academic formations, private investments to build AI development centers and support regional working groups to raise their voice and impulse a regional agenda before international organizations.