Uruguay

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International Agreement

Uruguay signs Council of Europe’s global AI treaty

Uruguay has signed the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring that the use of AI systems is fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Uruguay has become the first Latin American country to sign the treaty, thereby joining another 16 signatories that have signed it to date (eleven Council of Europe member states, as well as Canada, Israel, Japan, the USA, and the EU).

2 September 2025Agentic AiData Privacy & ProtectionOnline Safety & Child Protection

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Latin American delegates visit AI expertise centres in Europe, kickstarting AI regulation dialogue between EU and Latin America

From 14 to 18 October 2024, representatives from public institutions in Brazil, Chile and Uruguay visited AI agencies in Spain and Slovenia as part of the EU-Latin American and Caribbean (EU-LAC) Alliance to share insights and best practices on establishing AI-related institutions and regulatory policies. This visit will contribute to the upcoming EU-LAC Digital Alliance Policy Dialogue on AI, taking place in November 2024 in Santiago de Chile back-to-back with the eLAC Ministerial Conference, enhancing collaboration between the EU and LAC in key areas of AI. Further outcomes (including any regulatory insights) arising from this visit have yet to be revealed.

21 October 2024National Strategy

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National Strategy

Montevideo Declaration adopted

In Montevideo, Uruguay, the Ministers and High-Level Authorities representing the countries gathered at the 'Second Ministerial and High-Level Authorities Summit on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Latin America and the Caribbean' and adopted the Montevideo Declaration. The declaration reaffirms the region's commitment to development and deployment of AI based on the promotion, respect for and protection of human rights, fundamental freedoms, rule of law and democracy, focused on the human being, wellbeing and dignity of people, fostering innovation and ensuring inclusive and sustainable technological progress. Among other things, the declaration calls for a regional roadmap for AI with 5 priority lines of action to be implemented in the next 12 months on (1) governance and regulation, (2) talent and future of work, (3) protection of vulnerable groups, (4) environment, (5) sustainability and climate change and infrastructures.

3 October 2024National Strategy

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International Agreement

Latin American countries adopt sweeping AI declaration

Representatives of 17 Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Suriname and Uruguay) have signed the Cartagena Declaration on AI governance. The declaration includes (1) adherence to UNESCO's ethics recommendations from the AI for Good Global Summit, (2) alignment with existing soft law instruments like the OECD's AI recommendations, and (3) continuation of similar AI initiatives previously signed in Montevideo and Santiago. The text of the declaration has yet to be publicly revealed.

10 August 2024Generative AIData Privacy & Protection

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Uruguay releases recommendations on AI regulation

As part of its national AI strategy, Uruguay’s electronic government agency, Agesic, has presented a report with recommendations for regulating AI. This report recommends: (1) establishing specific standards for the development, use, and acquisition of AI in the public sector; (2) strengthen Agesic and its competencies on AI and data issues; (3) create internal data committees in public entities; (4) defining a government data governance model; and (5) creating public databases to serve as training data for AI systems.

6 July 2024Generative AIData Privacy & Protection

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