CyberBRICS

CyberBRICS

The CyberBRICS project has a triple aim: to map existing regulations; to identify good practices and develop policy suggestions in the areas of i) cybersecurity and personal data regulations; ii) connectivity and digital transformation; and iii) artificial intelligence governance and industrial policy in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).The project is hosted by the CTS-FGV, the Center for Technology and Society at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law School, Rio de Janeiro, and developed in partnership with the Higher School of Economics, Moscow; Jindal Global Law School and the Centre for Internet and Society, India; the Fudan University, Shanghai, and the Hong Kong University; and the Nelson Mandela University and Research ICT Africa, South Africa.

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  • Analysing the AI Sovereignty Debate through the Experience of BRICS Countries

    This paper examines the migration of the concept of digital sovereignty into the domain ofartificial intelligence (AI) within the evolving framework of the BRICS and their recent expansion.Based on previous research developed by the author, AI sovereignty is considered as theprerogative and capacity of sovereign statesto understand, develop and regulate AI systems, thusbeing able to…

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  • Webinar | AI Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries

    The webinar “AI Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries” was held on February 2, 2025 and, taking advantage of Brazil’s BRICS presidency, promoted a debate on strategies, policies and regulations adopted by the BRICS countries to assert Artificial Intelligence Sovereignty. The event was jointly organized by FGV Direito Rio’s Centre for Technology and Society (CTS) and…

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  • Webinar | Data Governance in the BRICS

    The Data Governance in the BRICS webinar was organized by FGV Direito Rio’s Centre for Technology and Society in partnership with the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and aimed to provide an overview of the data governance architecture of the BRICS countries, with a special focus on the intersection between data and AI regulations. The…

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  • BRICS promotes webinar on data economy in the digital economy community on March 18

    On 18 March, the Brazilian ministries of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services (Desenvolvimento, Indústria, Comércio e Serviços/MDIC) and Foreign Affairs (Relações Exteriores/MRE) hosted the webinar “Leveraging Data Economy in the BRICS Digital Economy Community”. The event was broadcasted live in English on the MDIC YouTube channel. As part of Brasil’s 2025 BRICS Presidency, the online seminar…

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  • Webinar | Digital Public Infrastructure for Sovereign AI

    The event ‘Digital Public Infrastructure for Sovereign AI’ brings together experts from different fields to discuss the role of digital public infrastructures in strengthening the technological sovereignty of the BRICS countries in the development of Artificial Intelligence. With the participation of fellows from CTS-FGV’s CyberBRICS project and guest experts, the event will address how these…

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  • Seminário: A Construção do Marco Regulatório da Inteligência Artificial no Brasil

    No dia 17/04/2023, nosso Diretor Luca Belli, nossa pesquisadora Nina da Hora e a Professora Visitante do CTS-FGV Bianca Kremer participaram do Seminário “A construção do marco regulatório da Inteligência Artificial no Brasil”, organizado pelo Centro de Estudos Judiciários do Conselho da Justiça Federal (CEJ/CJF) e o Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ) em Brasília. O…

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  • Regulación E IA

     On August 30th, 2022, CyberBRICS Director Luca Belli participated as a speaker in the webinar “Regulación en IA” (Regulation in AI), organized by the Latin American Initiative on Open Data (ILDA). Presenting the Brazilian approach, Belli pointed out that AI is being used not only for e-commerce, but also for facial recognition technologies and access…

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  • CPDP LatAm 2022

    CPDP LatAm 2022 was dedicated to “Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection in Latin America“. In its second edition, the Conference was held in a hybrid format on 12 and 13 of July, at FGV in Rio de Janeiro, RJ. You can check the full Programme here. CPDP Latam is the Latin American platform to discuss privacy, data…

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  • Non-official Translation of the Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Bill, n. 21/2020

    This is a non-official translation of the bill establishing foundations, principles and guidelines for AI in Brazil prepared by the CyberBRICS team. The original text in Portuguese, alongside more information on the bill and its processing in the Brazilian Congress, can be found at the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies’ website. The bill was approved in…

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  • At the intersection of AI and data protection law: automated decision-making rules, a global perspective (CPDP latAm Panel)

    By Katerina Demetzou On Thursday, 15th of July 2021, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) organised during the CPDP LatAm Conference a panel titled ‘At the Intersection of AI and Data Protection law: Automated Decision Making Rules, a Global Perspective’. The aim of the Panel was to explore how existing data protection laws around the world apply to profiling…

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