Detailed overview
Argentina does not currently have a comprehensive AI Act equivalent to the EU AI Act. Its AI framework is based on official recommendations, data-protection guidance, transparency initiatives and existing laws.
Recommendations for Reliable AI
Argentina approved Recommendations for Reliable Artificial Intelligence through Disposition 2/2023. The recommendations are intended to support responsible AI, protect fundamental rights, reduce risks and promote human-centred innovation. They are particularly relevant to public-sector innovation projects using AI.
The recommendations address trustworthy AI principles, including human-centred design, transparency, accountability, privacy, non-discrimination, fairness, security and multidisciplinary governance. They are not a general AI licensing regime and do not create one AI-specific penalty table.
AI transparency programme
Argentina's data-protection authority has also created a programme on transparency and personal-data protection in AI use. The programme focuses on analysis, regulation, guidance and capacity-building for automated decision systems and AI involving personal data in public and private sectors.
Existing-law overlays
Where AI processes personal data, Argentina's data-protection law applies. AI systems may also trigger consumer protection, employment, public-sector, financial, healthcare, intellectual-property or criminal-law obligations depending on the use case.
Penalties
Argentina does not currently have one AI-specific fine table. Penalties arise under the underlying applicable law, especially data protection, consumer protection, employment law, public-sector law, financial regulation, healthcare regulation or criminal law.
Practical requirements & details
Sourced from Disposition 2/2023 (DNPDP), the Personal Data Protection Law (Law 25.326), the DNPDP AI transparency programme, and sectoral guidance.
Recommendations for Reliable AI (Disposition 2/2023)
- Human-centred design.
- Transparency and explainability.
- Accountability.
- Privacy.
- Non-discrimination and fairness.
- Security.
- Multidisciplinary governance.
DNPDP transparency programme
- Analysis, regulation, guidance and capacity-building for automated decision systems and AI involving personal data.
Personal data overlay (Law 25.326)
- Lawful basis (mostly consent), transparency, security, individual rights.
- DNPDP fines: ARS 1,000 to ARS 100,000 per violation (under modernisation).
- DPIA and accountability documentation expected for high-risk AI processing.
Sector overlays
- BCRA, CNV, SSN on AI in financial services and insurance.
- ANMAT on AI medical devices.
- Consumer Defence Law (24.240) for AI-driven misleading practices.