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The Ministry of Communications participated on Tuesday (16), in the House of Representatives, an important debate on the application of AI in critical infrastructure. The public hearing was an opportunity for the portfolio to detail the ongoing contributions to promote a digital transformation in the country.
Representing the Ministry of Communications, the Secretary of Telecommunications, Hermano Tercius, spoke of submarine cable subsidies (in the analysis phase) and data centers - axis of connectivity and infrastastus (open for contributions) as two important actions related to the debate.
I take the opportunity to say that everyone can contribute to this policy (Data Center). She dialogues a lot with this bill debated. The two need to go together. We also launch subsidy for submarine cable policy, because the great data centers do not work without this underwater cable infrastructure, we know it, he began.
The secretary emphasized the workshop that the Ministry of Communications prepares for October 9 to foster discussions about the construction of both national policies.
It will be a workshop day. In the morning we will discuss the policy of submarine cables and in the afternoon will be about the National Data Centers policy. With this workshop, the idea is to refer to the completion of the elaboration of these two policies that are so important to the country, said the secretary of telecommunications.
Hermano Tercius said that the Ministry of Communications will also send its contributions to the text of the Bill that deals with the IMA theme and, thus, contribute to the reduction of regional inequalities with artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure concentrated in some regions.
The Special Commission on Artificial Intelligence discussed on Tuesday the bill 2338/23, already approved by the Senate, which regulates the use of AI in Brazil.
Text: Ascom | Ministry of Communications * More information: press@mcom.gov.br | (61) 2027.6086 or (61) 2027.6628
