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Lucila Pinto
Lucila Pinto is a journalist working at the intersection of science, technology, and public policy. She has led the creation of websites, data visualizations, videos, and platforms for international organizations. She has led projects to incorporate Artificial Intelligence in ethical ways in newsrooms and was a fellow of the JournalismAI program at the London School of Economics (LSE). Lucila holds a Master's degree in Political Science from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and has written columns and articles for La Nación and Clarín, among other media outlets. Lucila currently works as a communications consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).