AI

Brazil wants its own ChatGPT

Serpro is developing a Brazilian AI model to protect government data. Photo: Web Summit Rio

Serpro, a Brazilian federally owned IT company, is developing a suite of generative artificial intelligence tools for government use — beginning with a chatbot designed to function much like ChatGPT, but with access to secure, internal databases.

Founded more than six decades ago, Serpro — or Federal Data Processing Service, to give it its full name — ranks among the world’s largest state-controlled IT firms. The company provides digital infrastructure and software solutions to the federal government, state and municipal bodies, and private companies. Its vast data centers in Brasília and São Paulo host some of Brazil’s most extensive public datasets.

The new AI initiatives build on that foundation. The first product, named…

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