Latin American countries to launch own AI model in September

SANTIAGO, June 17 (Reuters) – A dozen Latin American countries are collaborating to launch Latam-GPT in September, the first large artificial intelligence language model trained to understand the region’s diverse cultures and linguistic nuances, Chilean officials said on Tuesday.

This open-source project, steered by Chile’s state-run National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) alongside over 30 regional institutions, seeks to significantly increase the uptake and accessibility of AI across Latin America.