Since 2024, the Bolivarian Government, through the Ministry of Popular Power for Science and Technology (Mincyt), promotes the development of policies, capabilities and tools aimed at the ethical, safe and sovereign use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the country.
In an interview with Venezolana de Televisión, the Vice Minister for the Development of Information and Communication Technologies of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mincyt), Raúl Hernández, indicated that among the advances is the creation of an ethical framework for the development of this technology with the presentation of the Code of Ethics in Artificial Intelligence.
This document, the deputy minister explained, establishes principles related to humanistic AI, transparency, security, data access, and environmental impact.
Another advance, he indicated, is in the implementation of the National Artificial Intelligence Plan, which has as its fundamental objective, as a first point, the training of specialized capabilities.
"It's simply about being able to address, throughout the entire country, in its different states and universities, the development of specialized skills for all the new engineers and students who will be working with artificial intelligence," he pointed out.
He emphasized that the capability encompasses much more than the use of artificial intelligence tools, but also aims at the development of proprietary technologies, through Deep Learning and Machine Learning models, as well as generative, predictive and agentic artificial intelligence applications.
These initiatives are being developed in universities across the country to strengthen specialized training.
During the interview, Vice Minister Raúl Hernández also commented on the importance of incorporating security as a fundamental part of the advancement of increasingly autonomous artificial intelligence systems.
For this reason, Venezuela is promoting a National Cybersecurity Plan, which should extend to the different economic engines of the country, as well as the development of a National Plan for Adaptation to Post-Quantum Cryptography, considering that the development of quantum computing poses new challenges for current information protection systems.
"We need to prepare ourselves in a fully reliable, transparent and secure digital ecosystem for the application of secure AI," the deputy minister pointed out.
He argued that artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and digital transformation must advance in a coordinated manner to strengthen the protection of the national technological infrastructure.
