Mexico is using AI to explore new ways to classify, index, transcribe, access, and preserve sound, photographic, audiovisual, and textual archives, while experts warn that AI systems must be developed and applied ethically to prevent historical biases from shaping which parts of cultural memory remain visible.
The preservation of cultural memory is moving into a new technological phase as archives across Ibero-America examine how AI can help protect and provide access to sound, photographic, audiovisual, and textual collections. The discussion is taking place at the “Ibero-American Archives Meeting: Artificial Intelligence in Document Preservation,” organized by Mexico’s Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the General Secretariat of Ibero-American States (SEGIB) and regional archival programs.
The meeting brings together specialists from 11 countries to examine how AI can…
