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AI regulation in Mexico

Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 2 instruments · 0 binding

Overview

This initiative, signed by a bloc of Morena and PVEM deputies and published in the Gaceta Parlamentaria on 30 April 2025, would create Mexico's first general federal AI law. Mexico's National AI Plan, prepared by the ATDT and presented in April 2026, organises federal AI efforts around three pillars: an ethical and legal framework, talent and public software, and strategic compute infrastructure.

What is the current regulatory status?

Instruments on record: Iniciativa con proyecto de decreto por el que se expide la Ley Federal para el Desarrollo Ético, Soberano e Inclusivo de (2025, bill, proposed); Plan Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial (2026, strategy, adopted). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.

Binding rules versus guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: Iniciativa con proyecto de decreto por el que se expide la Ley Federal para el Desarrollo Ético, Soberano e Inclusivo de, Plan Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial.

Key policy instruments

Mexico Bill Proposed

Iniciativa con proyecto de decreto por el que se expide la Ley Federal para el Desarrollo Ético, Soberano e Inclusivo de

Iniciativa con proyecto de decreto por el que se expide la Ley Federal para el Desarrollo Ético, Soberano e Inclusivo de la Inteligencia Artificial (Initiative to enact the Federal Law for the Ethical, Sovereign and Inclusive Development of Artificial…

This initiative, signed by a bloc of Morena and PVEM deputies and published in the Gaceta Parlamentaria on 30 April 2025, would create Mexico's first general federal AI law. It proposes principles of legality, transparency, human oversight and precaution, a risk 'traffic light' classification with prohibited uses, a National AI Council and an algorithmic audit platform. It was referred to committee and remains under consideration in Congress.

Adopted 30 Apr 2025 Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source
Mexico National strategy Adopted

Plan Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial

Plan Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial (National Artificial Intelligence Plan)

Mexico's National AI Plan, prepared by the ATDT and presented in April 2026, organises federal AI efforts around three pillars: an ethical and legal framework, talent and public software, and strategic compute infrastructure. It includes a public AI training centre aiming to certify tens of thousands of people, a government 'Fábrica de IA' developing solutions for public services, and the Coatlicue supercomputer, with 2026 milestones and 2030 targets for citizen-facing AI services.

Adopted 1 Apr 2026 Source-linked · checked 11 Sep 2026 Official source

Upcoming deadlines

No scheduled future dates recorded. Past milestones are listed on each policy page.

Latest changes

How to use this information

  1. Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
  2. Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.

Official government and regulator sources

  1. Iniciativa con proyecto de decreto por el que se expide la Ley Federal para el Desarrollo Ético, Soberano e Inclusivo de la Inteligencia Artificial (Initiative to enact the Federal Law for the Ethical, Sovereign and Inclusive Development of Artificial…
    Sistema de Información Legislativa, Secretaría de Gobernación · 2025-04-30 · Tier 1 source
  2. Plan Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial (National Artificial Intelligence Plan)
    Agencia de Transformación Digital y Telecomunicaciones (gob.mx) · 2026-04-01 · Tier 1 source

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