Chile

Chile pairs an updated National AI Policy with a risk-based bill in Congress that borrows the EU's structure, including an AI-system definition close to the AI Act's and operator roles spanning supplier, implementer, representative, importer, and distributor. The Chamber of Deputies passed the bill on October 13, 2025, and it now sits in a Senate committee while the government is expected to file a substitute text. It is the region's most developed proposal after Brazil's, but it is not law.

Key points

• The bill uses a risk-based structure with an EU-style definition of an AI system and defined operator roles.
• The Chamber of Deputies passed the bill on October 13, 2025; it is in the Senate's Future Challenges committee, and the government is expected to file a substitute text.
• Chile's National AI Policy was updated to frame the legislative push.
• Transparency, fairness, and human oversight are the bill's organizing duties.

Laws and instruments

Timeline

• 2021
  First National AI Policy published.
• May 2024
  Risk-based AI bill introduced.
• 2025
  Updated National AI Policy formalized by decree.
• October 13, 2025
  Chamber of Deputies passes the bill and sends it to the Senate.
• 2026
  Senate committee review continues; the government presents its own framework proposal in May and is expected to file a substitute text.

Who it applies to

No AI-specific duties yet. Chile's current data protection law applies to AI processing personal data until Law 21.719, the new privacy framework, takes effect on December 1, 2026; a pending government bill would move that date to December 1, 2027.

Penalties

None AI-specific until the bill passes.

Common questions