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The Brazilian Open Data Portal, also known as the National Data Catalog, is Brazil's central platform for accessing public data published by federal and local governments. Launched on 4 May 2012 by the Ministry of Planning, it enables citizens, researchers, and developers to find, download, and reuse government datasets.

Introduced in October 2025, this Bill intends to amend Brazil’s Copyright Law (Lei nº 9.610/1998) to prohibit the public dissemination of realistic digital imitations of a person’s image, voice, or performance created using AI or similar technologies, without explicit consent. It applies to all individuals, including artists, and extends protection for 20 years posthumously. Exceptions include satire, parody, journalism, and public interest.

The Regulatory Sandbox is an initiative by Brazil's National Data Protection Agency (ANPD), authorised under Complementary Law No. 182 of 2021. It creates a controlled environment for collaborative experimentation between the ANPD, regulated entities, and stakeholders to test AI and machine learning technologies within a regulatory framework, with a current focus on algorithmic transparency and compliance with Brazil's General Data Protection Law (LGPD).

Introduced in July 2024, this Bill prohibits the use of children's images to train or improve AI systems without the explicit consent of their parents of legal guardians. It seeks to amend the Statute of the Child and Adolescent (Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente) and the General Data Protection Law (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais) to include specific penalties for violations.

Introduced in May 2023, this Bill establishes a national legal framework for the development, implementation, and use of AI systems in Brazil. It defines principles, rights, and obligations to ensure AI is used ethically, safely, and transparently. The bill includes provisions on risk classification, governance, accountability, and human oversight. It also introduces mechanisms for risk mitigation, public participation, and sectoral coordination.

PBIA seeks to: • improve the lives of Brazilians through innovations in AI that improve national productive capacity and social well-being; • position Brazil at the technological frontier with computational infrastructure to drive cutting-edge research, technological development, and innovations in AI; • develop LLMs in Portuguese, based on national data; and • strengthen Brazil’s global leadership and technological development in AI with sovereignty and international sharing of capabilities.

Brazil's digital transformation strategy (E-Digital), published on March 2018, harmonises and co-ordinates different governmental initiatives on digital issues to advance the Sustainable Development Goals in Brazil.

The EBIA assumes the role of guiding the actions of the Brazilian State in favor of the development of actions, in its various aspects, that stimulate research, innovation, and development of solutions in Artificial Intelligence, as well as its conscious, ethical, and in favor of a better future use.

The Governance Committee is responsible for monitoring and evaluating the Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Strategy, and it is composed of private and public organisations, civil organisations and specialists.

Bill No. 21/20 outlines guidelines to develop and utilize AI in Brazil.

Jaque is an AI-based virtual clerk to guide citizens through the digital catalogue that centralises all information regarding public services offered by the State Government of Alagoas.

A series of use cases of AI in the Brazilian public sector.

The Brazilian AI Strategy will cover relevant topics on AI and its impact on economy, ethics, development, education and jobs, as well as co-ordinate specific public policies addressing such issues.

Evidence-based assessment, simulation and demonstration centres for technologies applied to greater efficiency in urban dynamics.

The Decree institutes the National Internet of Things Plan and provides for the Management and Monitoring Chamber for the Development of Communication Systems Machine to Machine and Internet of Things.

The Brazilian data protection law includes information on the protection of personal data as well as a section on database ownership and database rights.

Brazil has announced its aims to establish eight applied research centres hosted by established academic and research institutions.

The program consists of a controlled environment to test technologies associated with artificial intelligence (AI) developed by participants. The objective is that by fostering innovation in this controlled space, good practices are implemented to ensure compliance with personal data protection rules and principles.

OBIA serves as a public, open-access repository designed to compile and provide information on AI developments in Brazil and to connect with other international observatories.