Brazil's High-Stakes Election, Deepfake Bans, and AI Policy

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Hosts Bennett Iorio and Sanjay Puri break down Brazil’s pivotal presidential and legislative elections, exploring how the country’s sweeping electoral AI rules, strict deepfake bans, and soaring tech demands are shaping a deeply polarized political landscape.

🔑 In this episode:

🇧🇷 Brazil’s 2026 general election: President Lula seeking a fourth term, Flavio Bolsonaro’s challenge, and a vast electorate choosing a full slate of federal and state leaders

⚖️ The Supreme Electoral Court’s strict rules, including Resolution 23732 and 2375, completely banning AI deepfakes in campaign materials and restricting chatbots

📉 The ongoing legislative struggle over Brazil’s general AI law (Bill 2338) and repeated missed deadlines in committee

🤖 Platform liabilities, open-source compliance, and how Brazil’s aggressive regulatory stance creates an international test case for election integrity

⚡ The broader economic and energy questions, from data center developments and grid pressures to automation and job displacement across Latin America’s largest economy.

This is an international deep-dive special from AI on the Ballot, a weekly series exploring elections worldwide through the lens of AI policy — state by state, country by country.

🎙 Hosted by Bennett Iorio and Sanjay Puri

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AI on the Ballot is a non-partisan program of Regulating AI, a 501(c)(3) organization. Appearances do not constitute an endorsement. All candidates in featured races are offered identical format and identical terms.

This program is produced in association with the GIE Foundation.

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