TECHNOLOGY

Fifteen years ago, while in Mexico City, I stumbled upon the retrospective exhibition Helen Escobedo: A escala humana, a tribute to the artist at the city’s Museum of Modern Art.

The first time I sat across from a farmer in rural Latin America, water sat with us too—silent, almost taken for granted.

Migration is full of distances unknown — how far, costly, mentally and physically straining the journey will be for migrants, as they separate from their home, their country and the family they love.

Luz Marina Burgos’ fingers moved deliberately across the threads, constructing a tšombiach—a ceremonial sash commonly used to protect and strengthen the body.

During the 2023 Colombian regional elections, I received a video that appeared to show a female candidate making a controversial statement.

The right-wing MAGA’s immigrant surveillance and deportation machine will not end with a focus on immigrants alone. We can see that clearly by looking at the history of eugenic campaigning…

To better understand the present of artificial intelligence, I decided to travel to the future. I did so through writing a novel, Robots with Soul: Trapped Between Truth and Freedom.

Latin America is far from being a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, it is among the most vulnerable in the world to the effects of climate change.

Working on Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy in Latin America has been one of the most rewarding and transformative experiences of my professional life.

The Brazilian Cerrado— the country’s vast tropical savanna— has gained recognition in recent years as a successful model story in agronomic development and precision agriculture fueled by technology within the tropics.

The largest digital camera made to date, comprising 3,500 megapixels, is embarking on a decade-long time-lapse movie of the entire southern sky.

One Mexican teenager admitted in an on-line survey, “To summarize information or conduct research, honestly, it makes my work much faster, but it does worsen my research skills.” She was referring to AI as an educational tool.

Connecting the digital present with pre-Hispanic symbols is an opportunity to reclaim these signs and link them with new meanings. As a Peruvian artist and daughter of a Quechua-speaking family (an Indigenous language of the Andes), I began a journey of exploration that helped me understand the importance of textiles in this region of my country.

This year, I celebrate a milestone: half of my life in the United States. I was born and raised in Brazil, educated as an engineer in Rio de Janeiro, and started my professional career in a country still searching for its democratic footing.