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The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Luciana Santos, Defense Minister Jose Mucio and the Minister of the Institutional Security Office of the Presidency of the Republic (GSI), General Marcos Antonio Amaro, received representatives of the retail network Magazine Luiza, who presented Magalucloud, a Brazilian cloud service platform. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), this Tuesday (6/5).
The businesswoman Luiza Trajano and the president of Magazine Luiza, Frederico Trajano, showed investments in technology and innovation in the company and advances in e-commerce. The Magalucloud project began in 2020, due to the need for internal infrastructure and to improve the end user experience, especially in times of major hits, such as Black Friday. They also mentioned concern with the market and the need for investments in the area.
Minister Luciana Santos spoke about the importance of innovation of national companies and recalled the dependence of Brazil in some areas, such as health, at the time of COVID-19, and concluded by the creation of the Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Plan (PBIA). We made PBIA with experts in the area and gave President Lula last year. The plan has similar concerns to those you mentioned. There is complete convergence, said the minister, who added that one of the needs is training and training in the area of artificial intelligence.
The Secretary of Science, Technology and Digital Transformation (Setad), Henrique Miguel, said that in the construction of the plan the private initiative was also heard. MCTI studies forms of development to develop partnerships and provide part of the infrastructure. We have planned development mechanisms, with support from the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FNDCT), to bring the private sector to be a partner of the Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Plan, he added.
Businesswoman Luiza Trajano said she is very concerned with the evolution of AI. Brazil cannot be behind this digital transformation, he said.
The GSI minister finished the meeting talking about the role of the portfolio in the AI regulation in order to ensure security in data storage.
