In a new opinion piece in Folha de São Paulo, Carolina Rossini (director of Public Interest Technology [PIT] programs and professor of practice) argues that amidst the backdrops of US and Chinese competition in AI, the real global AI challenge is not simply safety, but technological sovereignty. Rossini contends that open-weight AI models can give countries greater autonomy than proprietary systems, but lasting independence will require international standards for genuine openness—including transparency, auditability, and broader access to computing infrastructure—rather than replacing dependence on one foreign provider with another.
To view in Portuguese or an in-browser translator, read the article at Folha De S. Paulo.
For an English translation, click here.