Science & Tech · AI · 3 hrs ago
Colombia Trains Legislative Aides in AI as Regional Institutions Lag
Latin American institutions are struggling to keep pace with AI as the technology develops faster than governments can adapt.
In Bogotá, a Colombian program has trained more than 130 legislative aides to use AI tools in their parliamentary work.
The training includes using AI, social media listening, surveys and press reviews to support debates with evidence.
Mexico's discussion remains focused on diagnosing the need to adopt AI, rather than practical training described in the Colombian case.
At the UN General Assembly, 128 delegations discussed AI, up from five four years earlier, showing how quickly the issue has risen on the international agenda.
AI matters for jobs and economic growth: the International Labour Organization says one in four workers worldwide has some exposure to generative AI, while UN Trade and Development projects the global AI market will reach $4.8 trillion by 2033.
Colombia has trained more than 130 legislative aides in practical uses of artificial intelligence for parliamentary work.
The program teaches participants to use AI, social-media listening, surveys and press reviews to support debates with evidence.
The training is part of UTL en Acción, run by the Alberto Lleras Camargo School of Government at the University of the Andes and the Private Council for Competitiveness.
The initiative contrasts with Mexico, where discussion of AI adoption remains focused on diagnosis, according to Infobae.
The article presents the contrast as an example of a wider gap between the pace of technological change and Latin American institutions’ ability to adapt.
- Who
- More than 130 members of Colombia’s Legislative Work Units have received training.
- What
- A program provides practical training in AI and other tools for parliamentary work.
- When
- A group completed its academic cycle on September 21; the article does not state the year.
- Where
- Bogotá, Colombia, including sessions at the University of the Andes.
- Why
- To help legislative teams support debates with evidence and build capacity to use AI.
Colombia’s practical training approach
Mexico’s diagnostic-focused approach
Approach to AI
Colombia’s practical training approach
Legislative aides are receiving practical training in AI for parliamentary work.
Mexico’s diagnostic-focused approach
Discussion remains focused on diagnoses of the urgency of adopting the technology.
Current activity
Colombia’s practical training approach
The program has trained more than 130 members of legislative teams.
Mexico’s diagnostic-focused approach
The article describes discussion at the diagnosis stage.
Five delegations took part in discussions on artificial intelligence, compared with 128 at the recent assembly.
A group of participants from the Congress’s Constitutional Commissions completed its academic cycle at the University of the Andes.
The UTL en Acción program had trained more than 130 members of legislative work units.
- Participants trained
- More than 130 members of Colombia’s Legislative Work Units
- Program
- UTL en Acción
- Organizers
- Alberto Lleras Camargo School of Government and Private Council for Competitiveness
- Training
- 24 hours of in-person and virtual sessions, plus six hours of asynchronous content
- AI module
- AI, social-media listening, surveys and press review
- UN General Assembly
- 128 delegations discussed AI, compared with five four years earlier
What people are saying
The source reports his warning in indirect speech and gives no verbatim quote.
The new gap may be between those who know how to use artificial intelligence to raise their productivity and those who remain outside this transformation.
We have three slogans: train to serve, research to solve and dialogue to connect.