Machine-translated from Spanish. It may contain errors.
Microsoft to provide US$250,000 in Azure credits to Latam GPT under a two-year agreement with CENIA
The memorandum combines cloud resources, technical advice and joint research for the regional model. According to Telesemana, it doesn't specify licensing terms for third parties.
Microsoft and Chile's National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) have signed a two-year memorandum of understanding to support Latam GPT, the open foundation model that aims to better represent the region's languages and realities.
The first phase is US$250,000 in Azure credits, usable through February 2027. Telesemana clarifies that this is cloud capacity, not cash, and that it will go toward compute and operations for a model that already runs on that platform. In addition, Microsoft's AI for Good Lab will take part in the technical plan and in projects with universities, and both parties will prepare case studies in education, public services and health.
The project reports more than 300 billion tokens in Spanish and Portuguese, and some 60 institutions from 15 countries. What remains unclear, according to the outlet, are the terms under which third parties can access, modify or reuse the model.
Why it matters if you build with AI: an open model in our languages could be a real option for regional products, but compute support doesn't answer the practical question. Before you plan around Latam GPT, check what its license allows and how you'll get access to it.