Brazil, Chile, and Peru lead in making rules for artificial intelligence (AI) among the biggest economies in LatAm.
Latin America has trouble using AI technologies and is behind in making laws in some places.
The Latin American AI Index (ILIA) checks the rules for AI in 12 Latin American countries.
ILIA looks at three things: specific AI rules, related laws, and trying out new rules.
Most countries (11 out of 12) have made progress in rules for data protection and online safety.
However, problems and challenges exist in making specific AI rules and trying out new ones.
Workers in Latin America are behind in AI. Fewer people in Latin America (2.16%) have tech skills related to AI compared to the rest of the world (3.59%).
Brazil and Colombia have the highest scores (100 each) in making rules, followed by Chile and Peru (75).
The average score in Latin America is 54.17, while Ecuador, Panama, and Uruguay have the lowest scores (25 each).
Bolivia has a score of 0. Only Brazil, Chile, and Peru have specific rules related to AI.
Brazil has a data protection law, online safety, and computer crime laws and is trying out new rules.
Chile and Peru are working on AI rule bills and have tried out new rules before. Despite its high score, Colombia does not have a specific law for using AI.
The report looks at factors that help research, development, and use and how countries are managed.
Chile scored the highest (89.48) in planning and organizing related to AI, higher than the world average (33.68).
Chile was first (84.1) in using AI, followed by Uruguay (69.4). Uruguay leads with 83.6 points in creating and developing AI, followed by Chile with 41.9.