Latin America and Europe are bystanders in the US-China AI race, says Lula’s top adviser

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Brazil’s top foreign policy adviser Celso Amorim stated that the AI competition is predominantly between the US and China, with Latin America and Europe largely sidelined. The contest involves control over rare earths, data, and regulatory standards.

The race for artificial intelligence has hardened into a two-power contest between the United States and China, fought over rare earths, data and the rules governing the technology, with Latin America and Europe sidelined, Brazil’s top foreign policy adviser said on Tuesday. Celso Amorim, a former foreign and defence minister, made the case at the Forte de Copacabana International Security Conference in Rio de Janeiro, an annual forum run by the Brazilian Centre for International Relations with...