Articles
We have provided feedback on the draft Personal Data Protection Law of the Ministry of Deregulation and State Transformation
At the Vía Libre Foundation, we have long emphasised the need to reform the Personal Data Protection Act No. 25,326, which was enacted in a context where the challenges facing data protection were very different from those of today; we therefore welcome initiatives to...
Our Participation at ACL 2026
We attended ACL 2026, the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, held from July 2–7 in San Diego, California, USA. We took part in several events throughout the conference, with Guido Ivetta representing Fundación Vía Libre. Guido Ivetta...
The Government announced the “Social Digital Twin” on social media. Now they claim it never existed
On May 22, 2026, the Ministry of Human Capital, led by Sandra Pettovello, introduced the "Social Digital Twin" via a video on X (formerly Twitter). The platform was described as a system that would integrate citizen data from multiple government agencies to identify...
Two-Day Debate on Global AI Governance
by Beatriz Busaniche, from Ginebra. With an attendance of approximately 4,000 participants from around the world, the first segment of the United Nations-organized Global Dialogue on AI Governance concluded today in Geneva. The event was one of three major gatherings...
The State of Data: From Recording to Surveillance
In this report, we analyse what the Argentine State is currently able to do with citizens’ personal data and what safeguards exist against this power, in a context shaped by the use of technology. We begin with a description of the data ecosystem that the Argentine...
Spyware warning: The risk of spyware in Argentina
Spyware is a type of malicious software that interferes with the normal operation of a device (computer, tablet, mobile phone) to collect information without the user’s knowledge and then sends it to an unauthorised third party. This means that it operates covertly...
“Social Digital Twin” and the Privatization of Surveillance: The Argentine Laboratory for Predatory AI
Everything indicates that the current technological and political landscape in Argentine is aligning with global trends of digital control and massive data processing. In this context, our country could become an experimental territory for the implementation of...
FLISOL 2026: Free Software and Artificial Intelligence
Throughout April, members of the organization participated in different venues of the Latin American Free Software Installation Festival (FLISOL), sharing reflections on AI, critical thinking, gender, and open technological alternatives. The events brought together...
New training program: Foundations of AI to Expand Cultural Horizons
Interest in teacher training received an immediate response: in just three hours, 600 teachers enrolled in the course Foundations of AI to Expand Cultural Horizons. Given the high demand, the Ministry of Education of Córdoba decided to increase capacity to 1,500...
International Recognition: One of Our Papers Among the Highlights of ICLR 2026
From April 23–27, we participated in the International Conference on Learning Representations 2026 (ICLR), held this year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ICLR is one of the world’s leading conferences in deep learning, bringing together thousands of researchers, students,...
SALA 2026. Toward Situated AI: Local Impact and Distributed Development
From March 9 to 12, we participated in the Summit of AI in Latin America (SALA), held at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador), a space for gathering and debate on the present and future of artificial intelligence in the region. Human-Centered AI Luciana...
From Latin America to New Delhi: HESEIA at the India AI Impact Summit 2026
We were in New Delhi participating in the India AI Impact Summit 2026, an international gathering that brought together researchers and organizations to discuss the social, political, and educational impact of artificial intelligence. On February 18, as part of the...