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Report: AI for the Global South
We are sharing the report “AI for the Global South: 12 Critical Research Questions for the Next Decade,” a document that proposes a strategic agenda to guide artificial intelligence research from and for the Global South over the next ten years. The report was...
Vía Libre participated in the launch of Latam-GPT
On February 10, we participated in the launch of LatamGPT in Chile, the first large open language model developed for Latin America and the Caribbean. The initiative is coordinated by the National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) and brings together 30...
AI, Typical Phrases, and Critical Thinking: An Experience with Incoming FAMAF Students
On Monday, January 26, we held a workshop for incoming students from different degree programs at FAMAF (UNC), led by Marcos Gómez and Guido Ivetta. The activity took place in two sessions, in the morning and in the afternoon, with a total of 700 students...
Stereotypes, Language Models, and Work: A Chinese Experience
On January 12, we held a seminar at Tsinghua University (China), led by Luciana Benotti. During the seminar, titled “Stereotypes in ‘Reasoning’ Language Models,” we worked with a small group of master’s and PhD students, together with faculty members and researchers...
Reform of the intelligence system: a law that puts basic constitutional guarantees at risk
On 31 December, the Executive Branch issued Emergency Decree (DNU 941/2025), reforming the functioning of the Argentine intelligence system. This was not done through a law debated in Parliament, but unilaterally during its recess. Why should you care? Because it...
A year of growth and major challenges
Fundación Vía Libre celebrated its 25th anniversary on 28 November. The occasion was a great opportunity to reconnect with our long-standing allies and friends, with whom we share views, perspectives and an interest in technology and its impact on people's lives. With...
The Vía Libre Foundation demands explanations from the authorities regarding the massive leak of Argentine citizens’ data.
Following the massive data leak that has come to light in recent hours, Fundación Vía Libre has requested all information related to the leak from the responsible authorities. We know that the leak originated from a private company (SudamericaData and/or...
Our panels at EMNLP 2025 are now available to watch
From November 4 to 9, 2025, we were in Suzhou, China, at the 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP 2025). Luciana Benotti and Guido Ivetta took part in the event. On Thursday, November 6, Guido presented the paper titled: “HESEIA:...
We won at #MozFest 2025! 🎉
From November 7 to 9, we took part in the 15th Mozilla Festival in Barcelona — the main gathering for people working to build a better digital world. On November 8, Beatriz Busaniche and Marcos Javier Gómez...
The HESEIA project was presented at the international conference EMNLP 2025
From November 4 to 9, 2025, we were in Suzhou, China, attending the 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP 2025). On Thursday, November 6, Guido Ivetta presented the paper “HESEIA: A Community Dataset to Evaluate Social Biases in...
Call to promote feminist AI in Latin America and the Caribbean
As members of the Feminist Artificial Intelligence Network in Latin America and the Caribbean (FAIR), Fundacion Vía Libre, together with the organisations in the Network, is launching a call for concept notes for project development. This call aims to promote an...
We received the Trajectory Award at Ekoparty 2025
From 22 to 24 October, the Buenos Aires Convention Centre (CEC) hosted a new edition of Ekoparty, Latin America's largest hacker conference. As part of this event, in which we actively participate every year, we received recognition for Via Libre's achievements. Since...