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The Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp) launched the Superior Council of Artificial Intelligence (Consia) on January 26 to oversee technological progress and its societal impacts. The meeting, led by Vice President Rodrigo Guedes Xavier, emphasized Brazil's data center costs being 36% higher than in the U.S. and the country's 1% share of global data processing capacity.

Xavier stressed the importance of collaboration among public and private sectors to tackle productivity challenges. Additionally, Ricardo Terra from Senai-SP discussed initiatives in AI and reported over 315,000 enrollments in related programs, as well as industrial connectivity projects including 5G networks.