Brazil

On June 16th, a Rio 3.5 Open 397B model under the umbrella of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has recently been the subject of discussion in the AI community. The model page shows that it is open in the MIT protocol, with a total parameter of about 397B, single token activates about 17B and supports a longer context. However, the model was published less than 24 hours ago, and the open-source AI team, Nex-AGI, spoke on platform X, pointing out that Rio 3.5 was actually consolidated through the model (Model Mer..

According to Reuters, the Brazilian government announced a proposal for an artificial intelligence investment plan of about US$4.07 billion (23 billion reais, currently about RMB 29.499 billion) on Tuesday, aiming to develop sustainable, socially oriented technologies. As the largest economy in Latin America, the country hopes to achieve technological autonomy and improve competitiveness in the field of AI and get rid of its dependence on imported AI tools from other countries. Image source Pexels reported that the proposed investment plan is expected to provide resources for "immediate measures" in sectors such as public health, agriculture, environment, business and education...

In Brazil, Meta's AI assistant was suddenly put on hold. The reason behind this was a ban from the Brazilian National Data Protection Agency (ANPD). They banned Meta from using Brazilians' personal data to train its AI models. This decision undoubtedly poured cold water on Meta's plans to expand its AI products in Brazil, a market with more than 200 million users. According to official documents, the ANPD believes that Meta's actions pose an "imminent risk of causing serious harm and irreparable or difficult-to-repair damage to the guardian's fundamental rights." To ensure compliance, the ANPD also set...