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Mexico Opens National Debate on AI and Digital Identity as Experts Warn of Low Adoption

The government will seek public input on rules for AI, social media and school device use while lawmakers advance a constitutional right to digital identity.

Overview

  • A university-hosted dialogue on June 30 highlighted that just 29% of digitally transforming Mexican firms use cloud services and only 2.1% deploy AI, signaling very low business adoption.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum said the federal government will start a nationwide debate after the 2026 World Cup to craft rules on artificial intelligence, platform control and limits on cellphone use in schools.
  • Senator Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín has filed a constitutional initiative to add a right to protection of digital identity and to ban creating or using synthetic representations without consent, with narrow exceptions for public interest and journalism.
  • Experts called for a coordinated national AI strategy built on data infrastructure, better connectivity, legal certainty, international standards, incentives and specialized training so pilots move into production and deliver value.
  • A UN scientific panel warned on July 1 that AI is evolving toward more autonomous systems that can reason and act, increasing risks from disinformation and automated cyber vulnerabilities and raising pressure for global evaluation standards.