Comment by Ignacio Gil Lázaro

Artificial intelligence poses diverse, multidisciplinary challenges and different fields of application, but its role in defence and security policies is, and will continue to be, growing. Our amendment shares the purpose of this motion and aims, simply, to reinforce it, emphasizing four main considerations in our view. First, the reference to ensuring that the development of this technology responds to Spain’s strategic interests. Second, ensuring Spain’s technological sovereignty and its independent decision-making capacity in AI, without compromising its national autonomy. Third, insisting that for all this development of artificial intelligence in defence policy to have effective practical consequences, it requires funding, the attraction/retention of talent, and computing power; and finally, facilitating the integration of AI into cybersecurity, encouraging cybersecurity experts to become familiar with AI techniques and their advantages. As Mr. Rojas has indicated, this amendment presented by VOX, far from trying to refute the motion in any of its points, seeks only to strengthen it. It seems timely and necessary to us as a starting point to keep advancing in this field of applying AI to defence and security policies. For that reason, we will vote in favour of it. Unverified source (2025)