Plan Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial (ArgenIA, 2019); no AI statute. Related: executive bill replacing the General Companies Law (Ley 19.550) with 'automated companies' (pending in the Senate)

Summary

Argentina has no AI-specific statute. Its reference policy is ArgenIA, the national AI plan drawn up in 2018-2019 under the Secretariat of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation; it is a non-binding strategy covering talent, data, infrastructure, research, public-sector adoption and ethics. In 2026 the Milei government sent the Senate a full rewrite of the General Companies Law (Ley 19.550 of 1972). Among other changes it would create 'automated companies' run by autonomous algorithmic systems or AI agents without employees, and DAO companies. The Senate General Legislation committee has debated it since June 2026; in August the governing bloc said it would require at least one responsible natural or legal person behind automated companies, and in September Infobae reported that allies did not expect the automated-company chapter to advance soon. This bill is a companies-law reform, not a general AI framework.

Key dates

1. 2019Key date
2. October 16, 2026Checked against sources
3. October 21, 2026Checked against sources

Developments are added when the record is reviewed. Next review: January 15, 2027.

Evidence

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1. Endorsed by the Secretariat of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation on 9 December 2019, the policy holds an Adopted status.

   Supports: Endorsement date (aggregator only)

   Argentina – National AI Strategy Regulations.AI Tracker or database

2. Milei outlined his government's plan to create a new category of corporate entity in legislation: the “non-human corporation,” entities operated entirely by AI agents or robots.

   Supports: Government's stated plan for AI-run corporate entities (op-ed, not a bill)

   Milei promises tech firms new laws and 'unregulated' AI in Argentina Buenos Aires Times Reporting or analysis

3. se llevaron adelante reuniones, consultas y mesas de trabajo multisectoriales con diferentes instituciones

   Supports: Plan drafted through 2018-2019 consultations

   Plan Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial (copy hosted by OECD OPSI) Government of Argentina (via OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation) Primary source

4. El Gobierno ingresó ese proyecto el 1 de junio de este año y desde entonces se ha debatido en la comisión de Legislación General

   Supports: Bill entered June 1, 2026; debated in committee

   Oficialistas y aliados admiten que no van a poder avanzar en el corto o mediano plazo con la reforma que incorpora sociedades automatizadas con inteligencia artificial.

   Supports: Status September 2026: stalled

   El proyecto busca poner fin a la Ley 19.550 que data de 1972 y promueve la digitalización, flexibiliza el objeto social e introduce las “sociedades automatizadas”

   Supports: Bill replaces the companies law and introduces automated companies

   "No se puede tratar": el Gobierno pierde apoyo para impulsar un proyecto clave en el Congreso Infobae Reporting or analysis

5. anunció que el texto será modificado para incorporar la presencia obligatoria de al menos un responsable humano o jurídico en las nuevas entidades

   Supports: Human-responsible requirement was an August 2026 concession

   El Gobierno cedió en el Senado: las sociedades automatizadas deberán tener responsables humanos El Argentino Diario Reporting or analysis

6. El Senado dio inicio al tratamiento del proyecto de ley General de Sociedades enviado por el Poder Ejecutivo, en una reunión informativa de la Comisión de Legislación General realizada en el salón Illia.

   Supports: Senate committee began consideration (June 2026)

   El Senado comenzó a analizar la nueva ley General de Sociedades impulsada por el Gobierno Parlamentario Reporting or analysis