Latin America and Caribbean urged to take ownership of AI

ECLAC and Chile's CENIA released the fourth Latin American AI Index (ILIA 2026), analyzing 20 countries and, for the first time, comparing Germany, Spain, Estonia, Portugal and Singapore. The report says the region's biggest gaps are computing capacity, business AI adoption and national strategy implementation; connectivity alone is insufficient, and without linking infrastructure, data, talent, research and institutions, dependencies and inequality may deepen.