Mexico Ai Regulation
Mexico is progressing toward a comprehensive AI governance framework through the Federal Law for the Ethical, Sovereign, and Inclusive Development of Artificial Intelligence. The initiative aims to establish a legal foundation for the development, implementation, supervision, and promotion of AI systems, emphasizing ethics, human rights, and technological sovereignty.
Status: Draft law under review by the Mexican Congress
Check the: Federal Law for the Ethical, Sovereign, and Inclusive Development of Artificial Intelligence
Legislative Summary
The initiative seeks to regulate Artificial Intelligence by establishing a comprehensive legal framework for its development, implementation, and oversight. It focuses on ethical AI, protection of human rights, and promotion of Mexico’s technological sovereignty.
Main Objectives
Establish a general legal framework for AI development, implementation, supervision, and promotion across Mexico.
Ensure that AI innovation respects and promotes human rights.
Define technical concepts to improve regulatory clarity.
Establish the National Platform for Algorithmic Auditing (PNAA) as an autonomous body responsible for auditing datasets, algorithms, and AI systems.
Create the National Council of Artificial Intelligence (CNIA) as a decentralized public body with technical autonomy and legal personality.
Implement a risk-based traffic light system to classify AI systems by potential impact and required supervision.
The initiative contemplates a risk-based classification framework for AI systems, very similar to the model established by the European Union’s AI Act.
This structure allows proportional regulation — meaning that the higher the potential impact on people’s rights, the greater the level of oversight and accountability required.
Classification according to the “Risk Traffic Light System” proposed in the law:
(See: Federal Law for the Ethical, Sovereign, and Inclusive Development of Artificial Intelligence – Draft Text (Cámara de Diputados, 2025)
