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/Country
Brazil
58/100
attention index
attention index
Attention higher than 92% of countries
#12 of 157 countries · methodology v0.6 · 11 Nov 2026
The country in the five views
- Attention58
- Adoption24
- Regulation74
- Problems and attacks40
- Opportunities49
/Why this colour
how it is computedReported incidents74
13 incidents in the last 24 months · percentile among countries
AI exposure41
percentile among countries
Generative AI use in the population: 20.2% (2026-Q2) · Microsoft AI Diffusion Report
Businesses using AI (OECD): 12.9% (2024) · OECD
AI compute capacity: 1,215 (2026-11) · Epoch AI — GPU Clusters
Missing safeguards53
100 minus the safeguards percentile among countries: higher means fewer safeguards
Regulatory quality: -0.44 (2025) · World Bank
Rule of law: -0.49 (2025) · World Bank
Voice and accountability: +0.42 (2025) · World Bank
The state and AI
how it is computedNot part of the attention index
Openness to AI
85
Exposure to threats
40
as a target 40 · as a cause 40
Open, little exposedMedia coverage: high (2,704 AI articles citing the country in the last 32 days)
Why this value
Exposure to threats = 50% × 40.3 (as a target) + 50% × 39.6 (as a cause) = 40
Reported cyber attacks against institutions and foreign disinformation
Social media monitoring, government disinformation, AI surveillance, spyware, internet shutdowns
What protects
Government access to personal data (V-Dem, expert scale)91
Rule of law (0-100 score)51
2025 · World Bank
Data protection law100
2026-11 · UNCTAD — Global Cyberlaw Tracker
Rules on AI used by the state (GIRAI)67
Shown alongside, not subtracted from the exposure
What we cannot see
We count reported cyber attacks, not all those that happened; there is no worldwide measure of threats made with AI; for surveillance and spyware the sources stop at 2022-2024.
Examples
Examples, not a count
Incidents where the state uses AI
- Purportedly AI-Assisted Hospital-Bed Prioritization Allegedly Delayed Intensive Care Before a Patient's Death in Minas Gerais, Brazil (in the incident list of this card)Jun 2026
- Hidden Prompt Injection in Brazilian Labor-Court Petition Reportedly Tried to Manipulate Galileu (in the incident list of this card)May 2026
- Brazil's Social Security AI Tool Is Allegedly Rejecting Complex Claims Improperly (in the incident list of this card)Apr 2025
/What we cannot see
Incidents never reported by the press · reports of serious incidents sent to the authorities and not published · systems registered in the non-public part of the EU database.
/Incidents by period
in the country4
last 6 months
0
6-12 months ago
4
12-24 months ago
+ 5 with only the year
/Where the systems come from
how we knowBrazil4
Italy2
Germany1
United Kingdom1
Slovakia1
United States1
+4 more
+2 more
developers' headquarters · 7 incidents of 13
/Reported incidents
13 in 24 monthsOct 2026
Man Allegedly Used AI-Altered Gun Photograph to Threaten Former Partner in Santa Helena de Goiás, Brazil (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
place: Santa Helena de Goiáscountry inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Databaseorigin: Switzerland (men) · from the deployer
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
- Homem usa IA para simular fotografia armado e ameaçar ex-companheira (opens in a new tab) · metropoles.com · 19 Oct 2026
Oct 2026
Purportedly AI-Generated Woman in Videos Reportedly Led Brazilian Bricklayer to Travel Over 2,000km and Become Stranded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
- Enganado por vídeo de IA, pedreiro viaja 2 mil km por amor falso e fica desamparado em BH (opens in a new tab) · itatiaia.com.br · 12 Oct 2026
Jun 2026
Purportedly AI-Assisted Hospital-Bed Prioritization Allegedly Delayed Intensive Care Before a Patient's Death in Minas Gerais, Brazil (opens in a new tab)severity: serious · partly estimated from the text
place: Minas Geraiscountry inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Databaseorigin: Brazil (laboratorio-de-inovacao-tecnologica-em-saude-(laisufrn))
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
- PJF move ação civil pública contra nova central estadual de regulação de leitos na saúde (opens in a new tab) · tribunademinas.com.br · 10 Jun 2026
- Psicóloga morre após esperar cinco dias por vaga de UTI em MG; família questiona sistema que distribui leitos (opens in a new tab) · g1.globo.com · 11 Jun 2026
May 2026
Hidden Prompt Injection in Brazilian Labor-Court Petition Reportedly Tried to Manipulate Galileu (opens in a new tab)severity: minor · partly estimated from the text
place: Parauapebascountry inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Databaseorigin: Brazil (conselho-superior-da-justica-do-trabalho, tribunal-regional-do-trabalho-da-4a-regiao)
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
- Galileu: Sistema identifica tentativa de manipulação em petição e alerta magistrado (opens in a new tab) · trt4.jus.br · 13 May 2026
Oct 2025
Purportedly AI-generated deepfake ads on Instagram impersonate celebrities, including a supermodel, in a Brazilian fraud scheme (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Databaseorigin: United States (Meta)AI labs pages: Meta
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
- Grupo usava deepfake de Gisele Bündchen para aplicar golpes milionários (opens in a new tab) · cnnbrasil.com.br · 1 Oct 2025
- Brazilian scammers, raking in millions, used Gisele Bundchen deepfakes on Instagram ads (opens in a new tab) · reuters.com · 3 Oct 2025
Jun 2025
Whirlpool reportedly used AI-altered footage of a North Carolina state senator in a Brazilian advertisement (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
country inferred from the textaccording to AI Incident Databaseorigin: Brazil, United States (consul, dm9, omnicom-group, whirlpool) · from the deployer
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
- North Carolina state senator sues over AI-manipulated ad (opens in a new tab) · courthousenews.com · 21 Aug 2025
- Deepfake of North Carolina lawmaker used in award-winning Whirlpool video (opens in a new tab) · washingtonpost.com · 30 Nov 2025
May 2025
Brazilian authorities reportedly link AI-generated videos of a person to purported fake restaurant promotions in Brazil (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
- Hacker Arrested For Using Deepfake Of Marcos Mion In Scam (opens in a new tab) · evrimagaci.org · 9 May 2025
- Integrante de grupo que fazia deepfake de Marcos Mion é preso em Goiás (opens in a new tab) · cnnbrasil.com.br · 9 May 2025
Apr 2025
Brazil's Social Security AI Tool Is Allegedly Rejecting Complex Claims Improperly (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the text
Also reported by· 4 articles from 4 outlets
- Brazil’s AI-powered social security app is wrongly rejecting claims (opens in a new tab) · restofworld.org · 24 Apr 2025
- IA do INSS erra e causa recusas injustas de benefícios (opens in a new tab) · olhardigital.com.br · 25 Apr 2025
- The Rewiring of Social Security Admin With AI Has Begun, the Training Video Is Not Promising (opens in a new tab) · gizmodo.com · 26 Apr 2025
2025
Paraná school attendance facial recognition system criticised as "invasive", "noxious" (opens in a new tab)severity: moderateBiometrics and surveillance
place: Paranáthe source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: Brazil, Slovakia (Celepar, Innovatrics)
Also reported by· 2 articles from 2 outlets
2024
Brazilian football fan wrongly arrested using facial recognition (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textBiometrics and surveillance
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repository
Also reported by· 5 articles from 5 outlets
- oglobo.globo.com (opens in a new tab) · 15 Apr 2024
- ge.globo.com (opens in a new tab) · 21 Apr 2024
- elpais.com (opens in a new tab) · 28 Apr 2024
2024
LAION-5B links to photos of identifiable Brazilian children (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textUnspecified AI
Also reported by· 3 articles from 3 outlets
2024
AI-manipulated video of a Brazilian footballer scams online gamers (opens in a new tab)severity: moderate · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repository
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
2024
AI systems used to conduct sexual violence against 1 in 5 Brazilian children (opens in a new tab)severity: serious · partly estimated from the textGenerative AI
the source gives only the yearaccording to AIAAIC Repositoryorigin: Germany, United Kingdom, Italy (Black Forest Labs, LAION, Stability AI)
Also reported by· 1 article from 1 outlet
/Laws and safeguards
Regulatory quality-0.44
2025 · World Bank
Rule of law-0.49
2025 · World Bank
Voice and accountability+0.42
2025 · World Bank
AI-specific laws and authorities: coming with new sources.
/In the news
how it worksAI news mentioning the country · 7 Nov – 13 Nov
- From AI Native Advertising to Marketing System Delivery: BlueMedia launches partnership with ChatGPT Ads (opens in a new tab)prnewswire.com · United States · 12 Nov 2026 · and 8 other outlets
- Six out of 10 Indian consumers trust online health information, prefer instant AI answers: BCG Study (opens in a new tab)aninews.in · India · 13 Nov 2026 · and 5 other outlets
- MEC aprova diretrizes para uso de IA em cada etapa da educação (opens in a new tab)jmonline.com.br · Brazil · 11 Nov 2026 · and 5 other outlets
- COP31 to open in Turkey, with climate goals under pressure from war and AI (opens in a new tab)internazionale.it · Italy · 9 Nov 2026 · and 4 other outlets
- AI, fake photo of a public figure in MAGA version: other cases, from a deepfake of another public figure to a 'whitewashed' photo (opens in a new tab)spotandweb.it · Italy · 7 Nov 2026 · and 4 other outlets
- Digital literacy must come before AI use, says Unesco (opens in a new tab)ebc.com.br · Brazil · 12 Nov 2026 · and 3 other outlets
- 10 billion tokens open-sourced, ten thousand fake birds: AI pseudo-science is 'polluting' the next generation's common sense (opens in a new tab)163.com · China · 12 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- IA pode ajudar a responder desastres naturais, dizem cientistas ao G20 (opens in a new tab)ebc.com.br · Brazil · 11 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- Norma estabelece idade em que alunos estão autorizados a usar IA na escola; veja qual é (opens in a new tab)estadao.com.br · Brazil · 10 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
- CassTime Unveils AI-Driven "T+D Solution" to Tackle Data and Repair Bottlenecks in the Global Automotive Aftermarket (opens in a new tab)prnewswire.com · United States · 7 Nov 2026 · and 2 other outlets
AI articles mentioning the country in the last 30 days: 2,415 in total, at most 121 in one day (21 Oct 2026).
2,415 AI articles mentioning the country in 30 days
/Index trend
— country ··· worldIndex trend: 18 Oct 2026: country 59, world 36 · 19 Oct 2026: country 59, world 36 · 26 Oct 2026: country 59, world 36 · 2 Nov 2026: country 58, world 36 · 11 Nov 2026: country 58, world 36.
Previous years, reconstructed with today's data: 2023 56 · 2024 61 · 2025 58 why
/AI models released
12 months · outside the indexNo releases recorded by Epoch AI for organisations in this country.