Lula urges UN to back global AI rules and protect public payment systems

g1.globo.com (Portuguese)

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defended the PIX payment system, global AI rules, and big tech regulation in his speech at the 81st UN General Assembly on Tuesday. Lula criticized "techno-oligarchs" for promoting a "digital neoliberalism" without rules, condemned online betting platforms for profiting from addiction, and vowed to resist multinational pressure to privatize PIX, which he called a public payment infrastructure. Brazil advocates for international AI governance to prevent technology concentration among a few companies or countries, following prior global summits including the 2023 Bletchley Declaration and the 2025 Paris AI Action Summit.


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