Role in AI policy
Senator for Tocantins, in office for the 2019-2027 term and re-elected in October 2026 for 2027-2035. He was the rapporteur of PL 2338/2023, Brazil's AI bill, in the Senate's temporary AI committee (CTIA), whose report was approved on 5 December 2024, and in plenary, which approved the bill as a substitute text on 10 December 2024 and sent it to the Chamber of Deputies. His report proposed making the national data protection authority (ANPD) the coordinator of the national AI regulation and governance system (SIA).