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CAF

3 developments involving CAF in 3 countries and bodies. The most recent is Chile launches Latam-GPT, an open regional language model of about 70bn parameters, 10 Feb 2026.

KeyStory

  1. Model releaseFrontierChile International
    Chile launches Latam-GPT, an open regional language model of about 70bn parameters

    Latin American governments and developers gain an open model trained on regional text, an alternative base for local services that do not want to depend on US or Chinese models.

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 18 Oct 2026)

  2. StatementGovernmentInternational Uruguay
    Montevideo summit adopts a regional AI governance roadmap for Latin America

    Latin American governments gained a standing body and a shared roadmap for AI rules, which national bills in Chile, Brazil and Peru can be measured against.

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 18 Oct 2026)

  3. StatementGovernmentInternational Chile
    Latin American and Caribbean ministers adopt the Santiago Declaration on ethical AI

    Governments across Latin America and the Caribbean set up a shared forum on AI policy, giving smaller states a channel to coordinate rules and capacity with larger neighbours.

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 18 Oct 2026)