Brazil AI Bill (PL 2338/2023)

Scope and obligations

Risk-based framework structurally similar to EU AIA but with distinct development-rights framing rooted in Brazil's Marco Civil tradition. Senate-approved Dec 2024; Chamber of Deputies vote pending 2025. Notable for explicit human-dignity + collective-rights provisions absent from EU AIA. Sets a precedent for Latin American AI regulation if enacted.

Brazil AI Bill (PL 2338/2023) addresses 5 contested AI-governance topics explicitly, 1 via general principles,.

Topics governed

• governs
  Foundation Models / GPAI— PL 2338/2023 Arts. 17-19 (general-purpose AI systemic-risk obligations)
• governs
  Transparency Obligations— PL 2338/2023 Art. 7 (right to information about AI use + algorithmic explanation)
• governs
  Individual Redress— PL 2338/2023 Art. 9 (right to contest AI decisions, ANPD as regulator)
• implicit
  Training-Data Rights— PL 2338/2023 cross-references LGPD (2018) for data-rights baseline
• governs
  Catastrophic & Existential Risk— PL 2338/2023 Art. 14 (excessive-risk AI applications — explicit prohibition + risk-tier framework)
• governs
  Development-Rights Framings— PL 2338/2023 Arts. 3-4 (founding principles include 'sustainable development' + 'human dignity' — distinct from EU AIA's rights-only framing)

Cross-jurisdiction comparison

How peer instruments treat the topics Brazil AI Bill (PL 2338/2023) governs.

How to cite this article

Policy Window. (n.d.). Brazil AI Bill (PL 2338/2023) [Wiki article]. https://policywindow.org/wiki/brazil-ai-bill

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  title  = {Brazil AI Bill (PL 2338/2023)},
  author = {Policy Window},
  year   = {n.d.},
  howpublished = {Senate Bill PL 2338/2023 (Brazil National Congress)},
  url    = {https://policywindow.org/wiki/brazil-ai-bill},
  note   = {Primary source: https://www25.senado.leg.br/web/atividade/materias/-/materia/157233}
}

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