Argentina Launches AI-Powered 'Digital Twin' Social Policy System, Announcement Marred by Video Errors

According to President Javier Milei's announcement on May 22, Argentina's Ministry of Human Capital launched the 'Gemelo Digital Social' (Social Digital Twin) initiative—an AI system designed to simulate and predict the impact of social policies before implementation. The system aims to aggregate data from government and private sources to model poverty, subsidies, and human capital development.

The promotional video released to announce the system sparked widespread mockery on social media due to multiple technical errors, including Spanish grammar mistakes, an AI-generated avatar of Minister Sandra Pettovello, a Singaporean flag, and a visible Amazon AWS logo. Opposition senator Agustín Rossi filed a formal information request demanding clarification on data protections and citizen rights guarantees, while privacy experts warned the system lacks a governance framework and could enable large-scale algorithmic surveillance.