Mexico and Brazil concentrate 95% of AI patents in Latin America

Mexico and Brazil concentrate 95% of artificial intelligence (AI) patents in Latin America, according to the first Latin American Index of Artificial intelligence (ILIA), presented this Friday at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) of Santiago and which analyzes the situation of this powerful tool in 12 countries of the region (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Brazil and Mexico).

During the launch, in an act titled “Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the sustainable development of Latin America”, authorities and specialists highlighted the potential of AI to contribute to the transformation of development models in the region and make them more “productive, inclusive and sustainable”, the agency said in a statement, and at the same time, minimize its threats with “reflection, strategic vision, regulation and regional and multilateral coordination”.

“We must be very attentive to ethical issues regarding its implementation and we must delve into the challenges related to data privacy, as well as biases and discrimination in decisions based on intelligent algorithms.“said the executive secretary of the ECLAC, Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.

He ILIA analyzes five dimensions of each country: enabling factors (elements that are necessary to develop a robust AI system in the country); research, development and adoption; governance (level of development of the institutional environment); perception (dominant topics in social networks and digital media); and future (academic trends and expert vision of social impact).

According to the directors of the National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) from Chile, in charge of preparing the ILIA“There are Latin American countries with tremendous development of artificial intelligence at a relative level and others where the same situation does not occur”, said the director of Linkage of the organization, Rodrigo Durán.

For him, the correlation between enabling factors and relative performance at the regional level is “very narrow”, therefore, he said, the attention of international cooperation organizations and public policies should focus on the enabling factors “to achieve a faster, sustainable and fair development of artificial intelligence systems”, indicated ECLAC in your note.

The Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation of Chile, Aisen Etcheverrypointed out that the ILIA “It will be a tremendous contribution to the development of public policies, which adds to the shared effort that many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are making.”.

Finally, the Head of Cooperation of the Delegation of the European Union in Chile, ewout sandker, rescued the potential of AI for bi-regional cooperation; while the senior director of Google Alphabet, Eve Andersonaddressed its use to create an inclusive technology and “overcome natural human biases”.

Source: EFE