Pbia working group launches action monitoring panel.

Photo: Rodrigo Cabral (ASCOM/MCTI)

The information is provided by the agencies participating in the plan. At the next meeting, in January, a report on the first year of the initiative will be presented.

A 4ª Reunião do Grupo de Trabalho ocorreu na última terça (25), em Brasília.

By November, of the 54 structuring actions foreseen in the Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Plan (Pbia), 25 had already presented deliverables and 15 had been initiated. Among what has already been executed are the upgrade of the Santos Dummont supercomputer and the call for proposals for national science and technology institutes. Information on the progress of the initiative is available on the monitoring panel, 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 the meetings will be held every 60 days, and no longer monthly. The next meeting will be 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 Brazilian government agencies and institutions. These include: the Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic; the Secretariat of Social Communication; the Ministry of Finance; the Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services; the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce 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. Also part of the working group are the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel); Telecomunicações Brasileiras SA; the Financing Agency for Studies and Projects (Finep); the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes); the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES); the Brazilian Company 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 projected investment is R$ 23 billion, to be applied over four years.

Source: Ascom/MCTI