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Brazil that Grows

Technology and innovation

the innovation that makes small businesses sell more and lets young people work without leaving the country

Proposes spreading artificial intelligence to micro, small and medium-sized businesses, using public procurement to drive innovation, creating a law focused on the freedom to innovate and strengthening cyber defense.

In the program: [p. 56, 57] · Translated by Flaviopédia from the official Portuguese text; the Portuguese quote is authoritative. Read the original in Portuguese

What the program says

We will give high priority to research and development, which are the basis of innovation. Technology will have two functions at the same time: to modernize the State and to be an engine of productivity for the economy. The first has already been addressed in Brazil without Queues, with the Digital State that puts all public services in the palm of the citizen’s hand. The second is the subject of this chapter: using technology to make the Brazilian economy produce more and better. Technology is not a matter for the elite: it is what multiplies the value of everyone’s work. The National Artificial Intelligence Strategy will spread AI to micro, small and medium-sized businesses on a large scale, with priority for industry, agribusiness, health and logistics. More than using artificial intelligence, Brazil has everything it takes to produce it. We can bring together what few countries have at the same time: clean, cheap energy to power data centers, the critical minerals that are the raw material of technology, and the talent of a creative people, which this Plan commits to training. We will not be merely consumers of technology: we will also be its developers and producers. These elements, today treated as loose pieces, form a single national strategy to make Brazil a leading player in the 21st-century economy. To that end, the State will act as an inducer, through public procurement, GovTech and investment in research, and we will raise Brazil’s share of artificial intelligence patents. We will propose legislation focused on the freedom to create and innovate, inspired by the best international practices, so that technology is developed here without hindrance, instead of being stifled by rules that drive investment away. And we will build the environment where innovation is born: strengthen technology parks, expand incubators, support technology-based startups and bring universities and companies closer together, with university management integrated with science and technology. This is how young people find skilled work without having to leave the country. All this digital transformation requires a non-negotiable counterpart: protecting those on the other side of the screen. Citizens’ data belong to them, not to the government, and will be handled with privacy and security. We will strengthen the country’s cyber defense, protecting public services, critical infrastructure and citizens against attacks and fraud, and ensure that artificial intelligence is used in the service of people, not against them. [p. 56, 57]

In plain language

  • The program promises high priority for research and development. The National Artificial Intelligence Strategy would bring AI to micro, small and medium-sized businesses, with priority for industry, agribusiness, health and logistics.
  • The text proposes that Brazil also produce technology, bringing together clean energy for data centers, critical minerals and the training of talent in a single national strategy.
  • The State would act as an inducer, through public procurement, GovTech and investment in research, with the aim of raising Brazil’s share of AI patents. It proposes legislation focused on the freedom to create and innovate, inspired by international practices.
  • It provides for strengthening technology parks, expanding incubators, supporting technology-based startups and bringing universities and companies closer together.
  • It states that citizens’ data belong to them and will be handled with privacy and security, and proposes strengthening the cyber defense of public services, critical infrastructure and citizens against attacks and fraud.

What is not in the program

  • It presents no budget or funding source for research, technology parks, incubators and startups.
  • It sets no numerical target for the share of AI patents or for the spread of AI in businesses.
  • It does not detail the content of the proposed legislation or which international practices would serve as a reference.
  • It does not say which agencies would carry out cyber defense or with what resources.