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Buenos Aires among 10 cities joining Bloomberg’s new global AI forum

Buenos Aires City Mayor Jorge Macri led a meeting last Thursday and outlined the four pillars of the city’s AI strategy.

Buenos Aires City Mayor Jorge Macri highlighted the need to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence without losing control over data or slowing innovation. He made the remarks during the “Economic Scenarios of Transformative Artificial Intelligence” workshop, held last Thursday in Buenos Aires as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies and Johns Hopkins University Mayors AI Forum. The event was attended by representatives from the public, private and academic sectors, as well as Raúl Piola, the city’s secretary of Innovation and Digital Transformation.

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