Move over ChatGPT — on Tuesday, Chile will launch Latam-GPT, an open-source artificial intelligence model designed to combat biases built by the primarily US-centric industry.
Developped by the Chilean National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA), Latam-GPT uses millions of data points collected in Latin America to showcase the continent’s cultural diversity.
The program seeks to combat “prejudices” and prevent depictions of Latin America always “looking the same,” Chilean Science Minister Aldo Valle told AFP.
“The models developed in other parts of the world do have data from Latin America but it represent a fairly small proportion,” CENIA director Alvaro Soto noted.
The low level of local input is reflected in the depictions of Latin Americans by major AI models.
For ChatGPT, a typical Chilean man is a person wearing a poncho with the Andes in the background.
Latin America “cannot simply be a passive user or recipient of artificial intelligence systems. That could result in the loss of a significant part of our traditions,” Valle argued.
Unlike closed generative models like ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini, Latam-GPT is an open model that can be used by programmers to customize parts of the software to suit their needs.
Contributions to the project were provided by universities, foundations, libraries, government entities, and civil society organizations from across the continent, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay.
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