1. Risk Rating 
  2. AI regulation in your jurisdiction 
  3. Existing Regulatory Frameworks Applicable to AI
    1. A. Personal Data Protection Framework Law No. 21.719 (New Personal Data Protection Law)
    2. B. Cybersecurity Framework Law No. 21.663 (Cybersecurity Framework Law)
    3. C. Other Relevant Legal Frameworks
  4. Regulatory Oversight of AI
  5. AI Guidance, Policies, and Strategic Frameworks 
  6. International AI Standards and Guidelines
  7. Forthcoming AI Legislation 
    1. Other IA-Related Bills in Congress
  8. Useful links

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AI regulation in your jurisdiction 

As of today, Chile does not have an AI-specific law in force. However, a general AI bill is currently under discussion in Congress, inspired by the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) and OECD AI principles, alongside other legislative initiatives that address specific aspects of the development, use, and regulation of artificial intelligence.

Existing Regulatory Frameworks Applicable to AI

In the absence of a dedicated AI law, AI systems in Chile are governed by a combination of horizontal (cross-sectoral) and sector-specific legal frameworks, depending on the use case and the risks involved.

A. Personal Data Protection Framework Law No. 21.719 (New Personal Data Protection Law)

Modernizes Chile’s data protection regime and establishes the Personal Data Protection Agency, with supervisory and sanctioning powers.

This framework applies to AI systems that process personal data, including automated decision-making, profiling, biometric processing, and machine-learning systems trained or deployed using personal data. It is particularly relevant for HR technologies, fintech, health, education, marketing, public administration, and surveillance-related applications.

B. Cybersecurity Framework Law No. 21.663 (Cybersecurity Framework Law)

Establishes cybersecurity obligations for public bodies and private entities providing essential or critical services.

The law creates the National Cybersecurity Agency (ANCI) and imposes obligations relating to:

  • Risk management and preventive controls
  • Incident reporting
  • Security-by-design and resilience measures

This framework is especially relevant for AI systems deployed in critical infrastructure, financial services, telecommunications, health, energy, and government systems.

Beyond data protection and cybersecurity, AI systems in Chile are subject to a broad set of existing legal regimes, reflecting the cross-cutting impact of AI across multiple areas of law. The applicable framework depends on the system’s functionality, deployment context, and legal effects.

  • Consumer protection law   applies to AI systems that interact directly with consumers such as automated pricing, recommendation and ranking tools, chatbots, and virtual assistants because they can significantly influence consumer decisions, access to goods or services, and contractual terms. These systems pose risks related to transparency, discriminatory treatment, and misleading practices, and may trigger product and service liability regimes where AI-driven services cause harm or economic loss.
  • Competition law is relevant where AI systems influence market dynamics, including risks of algorithmic collusion, coordinated conduct facilitated by pricing or monitoring algorithms, market manipulation, or abuse of dominance. Existing competition rules apply irrespective of whether anticompetitive effects are generated through human or algorithmic decision-making.
  • Labor and employment law governs the use of AI in recruitment, hiring, performance evaluation, workplace monitoring, and workforce management. AI-driven tools may trigger obligations related to non-discrimination, transparency, proportionality, and respect for workers’ fundamental rights.
  • Intellectual property law is increasingly implicated by AI systems, particularly with respect to the use of protected works as training data, authorship and ownership of AI-generated outputs, and potential copyright or related-rights infringement. While Chilean law does not currently recognize AI as an author, these issues are addressed under existing IP principles.
  • Civil law, in discussions concerning liability attribution and the absence of legal personality for IA systems.
  • Criminal law, where, under current legal principles, criminal liability may arise for human actors involved in the design, development, implementation, or use of AI  systems, provided that the statutory elements of the relevant offense are met.

Regulatory Oversight of AI

There is no single, AI-specific authority or regulator currently responsible for overseeing the use of AI in Chile.

Instead, regulatory oversight is functionally distributed among existing public authorities, depending on the legal dimension implicated by the AI system. The most relevant bodies include:

  • Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation (MinCiencia), which plays a central role in AI policy development, including the design of national AI strategies, coordination of public policy initiatives, and promotion of legislative proposals related to AI.
  • National Cybersecurity Agency (ANCI), which is responsible for supervising compliance with cybersecurity obligations under the Cybersecurity Framework Law. ANCI’s mandate is increasingly relevant for AI systems deployed in critical infrastructure or essential services, particularly with respect to risk management, incident reporting, and security-by-design requirements.
  • Personal Data Protection Agency (once fully operational), which will be tasked with enforcing data protection rules applicable to AI systems that process personal data, including automated decision-making and profiling. This authority will have supervisory, investigative, and sanctioning powers, and is expected to play a key enforcement role in practice.

AI Guidance, Policies, and Strategic Frameworks 

Yes. Chile adopted a National Artificial Intelligence Policy in 2021, approved by Supreme Decree, which remains the central official policy document outlining the country’s approach to IA development and use.

The National AI Policy provides a strategic, non-binding framework aimed at promoting the responsible, ethical, and human-centered development of AI, while fostering innovation and public–private collaboration. Its overarching objective is to support the adoption of AI in a manner that contributes to economic growth, social development, and public sector modernization, while mitigating risks to fundamental rights.

Key features include:

  • A human-centered and ethical approach to IA.
  • A risk-based perspective for managing potential harm.
  • Emphasis on transparency, accountability, and explainability.
  • Support for innovation, research, and public–private collaboration.

International AI Standards and Guidelines

Yes. Chile’s approach to AI governance expressly references international AI standards and guidelines, primarily at the level of public policy and legislative orientation, rather than binding regulation.

  • OECD AI Principles are explicitly endorsed by Chile’s National Artificial Intelligence Policy, approved by Supreme Decree and published by the Ministry of Science. The Policy expressly declares its alignment with the OECD framework, including principles such as human-centered AI, transparency, robustness, accountability, and responsible innovation.
  • UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence is also referenced as a key international benchmark informing Chile’s ethical and human-rights-based approach to AI, particularly in the design of public policy and in the development of legislative proposals.

In addition, current AI-related draft legislation under discussion in Congress draws on these international principles as conceptual and interpretative references, although they have not yet been incorporated as binding legal standards.

Forthcoming AI Legislation 

Chile is actively considering and debating an AI-specific law as part of a broader set of legislative initiatives addressing different aspects of artificial intelligence.

AI Bill ( No. 16821-19) Regulates systems of AI.

  • Introduced by the Executive: 7 May 2024.
  • Approved by the Chamber of Deputies: 13 October 2025 and dispatched to the Senate for second constitutional review.
  • Establishes a risk-based framework for IA, with different obligations according to risk categories (e.g., unacceptable risk, high risk, limited risk, no evident risk), aligned with ethical principles and protections for fundamental rights.
  • Currently under discussion in the Senate.
  • Expected timeline: There is no fixed enactment date; progress depends on Senate debate, possible amendments, and subsequent procedural stages.

In addition to the main AI bill, several other initiatives addressing specific aspects of AI are in first constitutional review (i.e., early stages of legislative process). These initiatives are focused on issues such as human rights, labeling of AI content, and criminal law adaptations:

  1. Limits on IA to protect fundamental human rights N°17112-19, submitted on 3 September 2024.
  2. Mandatory clear and traceable labeling of IA-generated content, N°17618-1, submitted on 17 June 2025.
  3. Amendment to the Penal Code to criminalize the generation and dissemination of intimate or private IA-generated images N°17307-07, submitted on 17 December 2024.
  4. IA use in mammography exam evaluation, N°16387-19, submitted on 23 October 2023.
  5. Amendment to the Penal Code concerning identity impersonation in AI contexts N° 16112-07, submitted on 17 July 2023.
  6. Amendment to the Penal Code to introduce AI use as an aggravating circumstance in crimes N°16021-07, submitted on 13 June 2023.
  7. Penal Code amendment to sanction misuse of AI N° 15935-07, submitted on 15 May 2023