Latin America looks to use AI to narrow the technology gap, but fear of 'risks' could accelerate the divide

GOP Rep. Nancy Mace spoke exclusively with Fox News Digital about her thoughts on the rapidly advancing AI sector, as Congress races to get ahead of the burgeoning technology. The incredible potential of artificial intelligence (AI) threatens to accelerate the technological divide that runs deep throughout Latin America, an expert told Fox News Digital. "The use of AI is going to increase the quality of life of all those countries for sure, but what the gap could be, and who is generating those other AI, and then who's controlling the data that's feeding that AI?," Jordi Albo-Canals, a Chilean native and CSO and co-founder of Lighthouse Disruptive Innovation Group, told Fox News Digital. Albo-Canals suggested that with the right regulation, the tech could help to actually close the gap, but for some parts of the region, the access to the technology remains limited. Different countries in Latin America have approached the burgeoning AI technology in different ways, but each formed by their own experience with technology so far: Mexican media company Radio Formula introduced an AI news anchor called NAT in March, who presented short news capsules -- the first of its kind, according to the company, Mexico Business News reported.