How Mexico’s Indigenous Digital Activists Are Shaping AI to Protect Language and Cultural Sovereignty

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Last Updated on September 10, 2025What impact does artificial intelligence (AI) have on Mexico’s Indigenous languages? This was one of the questions posed at the first AI+Indigenous Languages Forum, held on March 13 and 14 in Mexico City. Held within the framework of the Indigenous Languages Digital Activists Summit 2025, the forum was organized by Rising Voices in collaboration with First Languages AI Reality (FLAIR) and the Research Chair in Digital Indigeneities at Bishop’s University in Canada. Key questions were asked: Who is using AI in relation to Indigenous languages? Linguistic and cultural sovereignty was also a hot topic, with concerns over whether the development of generative AI could affect the self-determination of Indigenous communities, their collective rights, and intellectual property rights over their knowledge and cultural expressions.