The rule published by the Buenos Aires government aims to have provincial state agencies evaluate risks, audit algorithms, and warn people when they interact with AI systems. According to Argentine News Agency, the resolution of the Buenos Aires Province's Digital Government Subsecretariat of last Thursday obligates all provincial administrations that develop, contract, or use AI to conduct a preliminary risk assessment and classify the system (unacceptable, high, limited, or null risk). It also creates an Artificial Intelligence Registry under the Provincial Directorate of Digital Innovation. Buenos Aires, November 23 (NA) — The clash between the model of the Buenos Aires territory, governed by Axel Kicillof, and the libertarian paradigm of deregulation and attraction of investments in artificial intelligence, led by President Javier Milei, adds a new chapter after the provincial governor signed a resolution that imposes limits on the use of AI in the public administration of the district. With Resolution 9/2025, the Province became the first jurisdiction in the country to establish regulations for a technology that constitutes an unstoppable wave destined to change all paradigms of society. It is not limited exclusively to the State, like that of PBA, but it speaks of AI systems beyond the public sector. The UxP initiative in Congress has already sparked critical voices within the ruling party and allies regarding the possibility of hindering startups or smaller companies, so the Buenos Aires regulation could be the beginning of a national dispute between Peronism and LLA. These rules are designed as preventive measures and rights protection. This is a novelty for public management on a topic that has been addressed by other jurisdictions but not with the same breadth: the Buenos Aires regulation applies to all provincial public agencies and not just to one ministry or the education system. At the same time, the Casa Rosada is promoting a different strategy, based on deregulation and attracting massive investments in infrastructure and data centers to position Argentina as a technology hub. So much so that before the October elections, the ruling party loudly celebrated that OpenAI confirmed it wants to invest in Argentina to develop a large-scale data center, which is an unprecedented project that would be called 'Stargate Argentina'. Although this project is still in its early stages, Milei's gestures so far on the AI issue are clearly in a deregulatory direction, which again clashes with the vision of the 'party of the state,' as the President once characterized the opposition. Libertarians and Peronists on AI in Congress: the fight to come. The Buenos Aires regulation is part of an international context in which the European Union, Australia, and other South American countries have already advanced with similar regulations, but in the country, initiatives to regulate the use of AI are still being debated. At the national level, the Science, Technology, and Productive Innovation Commission of the Chamber of Deputies issued a majority opinion on a bill to create a 'legal framework for the development, implementation, and responsible use of AI systems' throughout the country. The project by Unión por la Patria (UxP) Deputy Daniel Gollán is designed to regulate the development and use of AI under ethical principles and human rights.
