The Argentine president, Javier Milei, will culminate his participation in the G7 summit with a speech on artificial intelligence. The annual event that brings together the leaders of seven of the world’s most advanced economies takes place between now and June 15 in Bari, Italy.
The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, invited Milei to participate in the VI working session, a block where issues related particularly to AI, energy and the links of the G7 member countries with the African regions will be discussed. and the Mediterranean.
The president, on previous occasions, has already made clear his intentions regarding this new technology. Last week, at the Latam Economic Forum, Milei declared that he seeks to position Argentina as a fourth pole of artificial intelligence in the world, behind the United States, Europe and China. He explained that large areas of land, cold climate and capital are functional for this technological plan.
Furthermore, in his speech he mentioned the increasing regulations that Europe has, making growth impossible for industries that want to dedicate themselves to this technology. Thus, he proposed a scenario of low regulation in Argentina and encouraged the leaders and economists who were at the forum to join this policy since the development of AI could generate great “returns” and “growth.”
This last point was ratified by Daniel Reidel, head of Milei’s council of economic advisors. Speaking to the Financial Times, he recently expressed that the president is “defending the ideas of freedom, low regulation and free enterprise.” With this offer, then, he captured the eye of the big technology entrepreneurs and opened the dialogue for the development of AI in Argentina.
See alsoNational Cabinet: Mondino ratified and Sandra Pettovello, absent with notice In addition, the Argentine president confirmed in a press conference at Casa Rosada at the beginning of June that he will use Google’s artificial intelligence to “reform the state.” However, it raised high concerns among digital experts about its transparent use and about designating such legislative responsibilities in a technology, as confirmed by Wired.
Karina Milei, Javier Milei and Gerardo Werthein, Argentine ambassador to the United States, together with Elon Musk in their second meeting. Credit: Milei via X. Milei and her relationship with Silicon Valley techs
But this comes even before. At the end of May, the president embarked on a trip to San Francisco, USA, where he decided to open the first conversations with the big tech companies in Silicon Valley: Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and Tim Cook, CEO of Apple.
The objective of the tour was to seek investments to make the country a new space for technological development, specifically linked to the installation of servers that serve the artificial intelligence industry. Mariano Machado, principal analyst for the Americas at Verisk Maplecroft, told CNBC that these meetings can be relevant as companies are making key decisions about where to locate their network centers, offices, among other things.
See alsoTransparency and authenticity: people’s priorities in the face of the advance of artificial intelligence The Argentine president is also trying to cultivate his relationship with Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla. They already met twice and The magnate does not hide his support for libertarian policies on social networks. “He has our full support. “My prediction is that Argentina will have massive growth in the economy, prosperity and optimism like there has not been in 100 years,” Musk said yesterday. through a video broadcast at the meeting of the Cato Institute and the Libertad y Progreso Foundation, held in Buenos Aires.
