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Chile: Senate committee moves ahead with AI bill while awaiting the Executive's proposal
The committee voted unanimously on October 26 without having received the Government's substitute amendment. According to DUPLOS, the deadline for amendments is December 4.
Chile is still working out how to regulate AI. According to DUPLOS, the Senate's Future Challenges Committee voted unanimously on October 26 to move forward, in the bill's second constitutional stage, with the bill on AI systems, robotics and related technologies. Senators had been waiting for a substitute amendment from the Executive; when it didn't arrive, they voted without it.
The current text, introduced in 2023, follows a risk-tier classification inspired by the European regulation. It bans uses such as social scoring, places stricter requirements on areas like health, education and employment, and provides for fines of up to 20,000 UTM.
The reported alternative would take a different path: proportionality based on impact, updatable technical standards, voluntary certification and auditing, and no AI-specific penalties, relying instead on existing data protection, cybersecurity and consumer protection laws. The proposal has not yet been formally submitted. The outlet points to December 4 as the deadline for amendments.
Why it matters if you build with AI: if you sell or plan to sell in Chile, it's still unclear which of the two models will prevail, and that changes how heavy compliance will be. Keeping documentation of how you classify your product's risk will serve you in either scenario.