PBIA Working Group Launches Action Monitoring Dashboard

By November, of the 54 structuring actions set out in the Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Plan (PBIA), 25 had already delivered results and 15 had been initiated. Among the actions already carried out are the upgrade of the Santos Dumont supercomputer and the call for proposals for National Institutes of Science and Technology. Information on the progress of the initiative is available on the monitoring dashboard, presented during the 4th meeting of the PBIA working group. The meeting took place on Tuesday (25) at the headquarters of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) in Brasília (DF).

During the meeting, it was also established that meetings will now be held every 60 days, rather than monthly. The next meeting will take place in January, when the report on the first year of the PBIA and the quarterly bulletins on the progress of the actions will be presented.

The group, responsible for monitoring and overseeing the implementation of the plan, is composed of 18 government bodies and institutions of the Brazilian government. These include: the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Presidency of the Republic; the Secretariat for Social Communication; the Ministry of Finance; the Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services; the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services; the Ministry of Education; the Ministry of Justice and Public Security; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the Ministry of Health; and the Ministry of Defense. The working group also includes the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel); Telecomunicações Brasileiras S.A.; the Funding Authority for Studies and Projects (Finep); the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes); the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES); the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Research and Innovation (Embrapii); the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq); and the Center for Management and Strategic Studies (CGEE).

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Launched at the 5th National Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation in July 2024, the AI Plan for the Good of All — the Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Plan — was developed by the National Council for Science and Technology (CCT). The planned investment amounts to R$ 23 billion, to be applied over a four-year period.