News of intelligence

Creator and destroyer

29-08-2026 06:30 Many involved in AI say they want to press the pause button to give governments more time in which to come up with regulations. They must know that nothing like this is going to happen.

by James Neilson

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Milei’s ethics

27-06-2026 00:48 Milei has a militant and narrow world view that he’s tied to a vision that integrates AI and tech billionaires. Those same players have a global agenda that they will pursue, and Argentina will only be part of that plan for as long as it is useful for them.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Editorial

Artificial Intelligence and natural stupidity

13-06-2026 05:30 Capitulation to robots is always going to be a hard sell.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Milei defends unregulated AI push after warning from historian Yuval Noah Harari

09-06-2026 14:32 Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari takes issue with President Milei's proposal to grant legal personhood to corporations operated by AI, writing it could be dangerous.

ANALYSIS – POLITICS & TECHNOLOGY

A robot oasis and billionaire’s playground in Argentina?

06-06-2026 07:02 Milei’s self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist libertarianism seems totally aligned with the idea of generating a robot oasis and a billionaire’s playground in Argentina.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Milei promises tech firms new laws and ‘unregulated’ AI in Argentina

04-06-2026 13:18 President makes bold pitch in 'Financial Times' op-ed, promising to keep AI free from regulation in Argentina; Op-ed is latest in series of moves promoting Argentina as nation friendly to Artificial Intelligence.

TRACKING INVESTMENT

Chau GPT? No trace of mega-billion-dollar AI project announced before elections

28-05-2026 15:59 In October 2025, a fortnight before Argentina's midterm elections, US tech company OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, signed a letter of intent to build a massive artificial intelligence data centre in Argentina’s Patagonia region. More than six months on, the project has not even been presented to the government.

by Agustina Bordigoni

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Deep into the era of the algorithm

23-05-2026 05:51 Artificial Intelligence has turbo-charged an era of exponential change and cycles of innovation are now occurring in spans of months, even weeks. There’s a new generation of tech oligarchs that came with it.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

GUEST COLUMN

Argentina’s zero tolerance turn and the limits of libertarianism

07-05-2026 00:33 When Javier Milei came to power, his political appeal rested on a simple but powerful idea: that Argentina’s crisis was, above all, the result of an overgrown state. Yet the trajectory of his security policy points in a different direction.

by Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera

DECLASSIFICATION DRIVE

Milei government declassifies SIDE intelligence files from 1973-1983

19-03-2026 19:28 Intelligence documents from years during and leading up dictatorship declassified; Publication of historical documents "strengthens" institutional framework of the National Intelligence System and its responsible relationship with society," says government.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Latam-GPT: a Latin American AI to combat US-centric bias

10-02-2026 07:39 Chile set to launch Latam-GPT, an open-source artificial intelligence model designed to combat biases built by the primarily US-centric industry.

As I see it

Under the shadow of Artificial Intelligence

31-01-2026 06:27 Could AI start programming itself in a malevolent way? Can it be coaxed into taking a philanthropic approach to the problems it is asked to solve? How can you make a machine with a 10-figure IQ obey you?

by James Neilson

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Milei decree reshapes SIDE intelligence services, rekindling overreach fears

17-01-2026 07:19 Changes formalised by Decree 941/2025, published in the Official Gazette on January 2, redefine the functioning of the SIDE intelligence services, reduce its internal structure and expand its powers as the central authority for intelligence.

by Rodis Recalt

Political insider

Summer waves and espionage

15-01-2026 16:25 To date, four lawsuits have been filed at different courtrooms seeking to declare Javier Milei’s decree empowering the domestic intelligence services and adding uncontrolled multi-million funds unconstitutional. For espionage, the presidential chainsaw has turned into a blunt knife.

by Javier Calvo

GOVERNMENT SPENDING

CEPA: Milei splashed cash on intelligence, slashed social budget in 2025

12-01-2026 18:50 Report by CEPA think tank reveals cutbacks in sensitive areas; Sharp real-terms cuts to health, science, social development and public works last year, while intelligence funding jumped 52%.

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Milei overhauls SIDE intelligence services by decree

03-01-2026 10:15 Announcement of a sweeping overhaul of SIDE intelligence services via decree triggers backlash from opposition; Authorities say aim of reform is to “limit, define and clarify” structure and powers of agency.

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Intelligence services adrift and under uncertain leadership

09-12-2025 17:05 In a region beginning to convulse due to the presence of United States troops in the Caribbean, with a latent threat from Iran against the country, the reshuffle at Argentina’s SIDE intelligence services once again lays bare an agency riddled with internal strife.

by Walter Curia

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Milei names Argentina’s new spy boss in SIDE leadership switch

03-12-2025 06:50 Government removes Sergio Neiffert from head of SIDE spy agency and appoints little-known Cristian Ezequiel Auguadra as new intelligence chief.

ARA SAN JUAN SUBMARINE

Macri in clear as Supreme Court closes ARA San Juan espionage case

29-10-2025 17:07 Argentina’s top court rejects legal push by victims’ relatives and rules to acquit former president Mauricio Macri and former intelligence officials of spying claims.

Analysis

Investment or political marketing? Analysing OpenAI’s Argentina announcement

11-10-2025 09:36 Announcement by President Javier Mileil’s government of plans to create a mega AI data centre in Patagonia raises questions about its feasibility and geopolitical aims.

TECH & INVESTMENT

OpenAI, Sur Energy to build massive AI data centre in Patagonia

10-10-2025 16:07 US tech firm OpenAI and Argentine firm Sur Energy sign letter of intent for US$25-billion investment in artificial intelligence; Companies plan joint venture to develop Stargate Argentina, a massive AI infrastructure project that will include a data centre in Patagonia.

Crime & Security

Trial confirmed for 19-year-old accused of creating AI porn of schoolmates

24-09-2025 12:57 Former student who used Artificial Intelligence to create fake porn images and videos of schoolmates will stand trial, confirms Córdoba court; If convicted, the defendant could receive prison sentence of between three and 20 years in jail.

ESPIONAGE & INTELLIGENCE

Sergio Neiffert: Secrets and business dealings of Milei's spy chief

20-08-2025 09:28 The house of spies has a leak – and it's not the first time. A look at the tenure of spy chief Sergio Neiffert and his business dealings as questions are asked about the activities of Argentina's intelligence services.

by Rodis Recalt

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Ex-spy Stiuso retains influence at SIDE intelligence services

19-08-2025 15:41 Antonio ‘Jaime’ Stiuso, former director-general of operations at Argentina’s intelligence service, has well-oiled contacts with the libertarians leading SIDE.

by Rodis Recalt

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Poll finds public turning to AI bots for news updates

16-06-2025 20:39 People are increasingly turning to generative artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT to follow day-to-day news.

ESPIONAGE & FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

SIDE: from the sewers to the forces of heaven

31-05-2025 06:38 Until now, the path taken by Javier Milei’s “forces of heaven” is no different from their predecessors.

by Javier Calvo

Editorial

Enemies of the state

31-05-2025 06:36 Instructions against those who “erode … the political and institutional structure of the country” can be carried to the extreme of converting any criticism of the administration into a crime against the state – more to be expected from Communism than anarcho-capitalism.

Intelligence services

Milei denies targeting critics after intelligence plan leak

30-05-2025 14:45 Leaked national intelligence plan raises concerns over potential surveillance of journalists, experts, social leaders and opposition figures; Argentina’s government issued statement denying SIDE agents will persecute critics.

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Espionage plan claims remain in spotlight with further SIDE revelations

29-05-2025 15:05 Bicameral intelligence committee, chaired by Radical senator Martín Lousteau, has summoned Sergio Neiffert to explain the objectives of this plan, especially its more questionable aspects.

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Milei government says SIDE intelligence services won’t target critics

27-05-2025 10:40 President Javier Milei’s government denies a report in La Nación newspaper claiming that SIDE intelligence services will collect information on individuals – potentially journalists, experts and opposition politicians – who could undermine confidence in government policies.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Milei boosts budget of SIDE intelligence services by 7.3 billion pesos

14-03-2025 09:14 More funds for discretionary “reserved spending” for intelligence services; Increase in intelligence funding comes just days after President promised funds for storm-hit Bahía Blanca.

TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY

AI chatbot helps victims of digital sexual violence in Latin America

12-03-2025 18:29 Two digital sexual violence survivors band together and leverage AI to create a new platform – OlimpIA – to support other women in similar situations.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

“LatAmGPT”: Latin America to have its own AI model in 2025

14-02-2025 17:00 Data recognising the multicultural diversity of Latin America is being incorporated into the region's new artificial intelligence model, with experts calling for technological independence.

As I see it

The quest for the new philosopher’s stone

01-02-2025 09:07 For good or ill, Artificial Intelligence is the philosopher’s stone of the age we are living in.

by James Neilson

Digital Learning

UK's first AI classroom without teachers sparks debate

28-01-2025 12:39 Computers are teaching core curriculum subjects to students at David Game College in an artificial intelligence pilot as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledges to make Britain an "AI superpower."

Artificial Intelligence

DeepSeek, Chinese AI startup roiling US tech giants

28-01-2025 11:25 Fears of upheaval in the AI gold rush rocked Wall Street, following the emergence of a popular ChatGPT-like model from China, with US President Donald Trump saying it was a "wake-up call" for Silicon Valley.

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES

Fernando Pocino: Spy on social media

09-11-2024 09:08 Have threats, hacking and health problems forced former Intelligence agent Fernando Pocino, Stiuso’s ex-rival, out of anonymity and onto social media?

by Rodis Recalt

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

With Biden’s envoy in town, Argentina steps up efforts to tackle against synthetic drugs

16-10-2024 15:41 Foreign Minister Diana Mondino receives top US narcotics official Todd D. Robinson, as Security Minister Patricia Bullrich announces Argentina will set up a regional intelligence centre to combat synthetic drug trafficking.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

INTERVIEW

‘Totalitarian potential’ – Yuval Noah Harari warns of the risks of Artificial Intelligence

04-10-2024 06:46 Renowned Israeli intellectual presents his latest book 'Nexus,' warning that the failure to regulate AI and the algorithms controlled by technological corporations could pave the way to dictatorship.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti