Report
Three models for governing AI — and what serves Latin America
Key takeaways
- The world's first comprehensive AI law now exists; it will apply in stages through 2027.
- Substantive convergence across models exceeds instrumental divergence: the common core can be demanded today by administrative and contractual means.
- The "Brussels effect" will reach the region through vendors, whether or not anyone legislates.
- Colombia's shortest available route is the American one: order the executive branch by decree — inventories, owners, safeguards — without waiting for a law.
In a single month, Europe approved the first comprehensive AI law, the United States ordered its own government, and the UN reached consensus among 193 states. The lesson for the region is not which text to copy, but in what order to build.
The full document is currently published in Spanish; an English edition is prepared when demand warrants it. The Spanish record carries the complete summary and contents.