Comment by Ignacio Gil Lázaro

Artificial intelligence presents 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 thrust of this motion and seeks, quite 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, "funding, talent recruitment/retention, and computing power are needed" 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 rightly indicated, this amendment presented by VOX to this motion, far from trying to refute it 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. That is why we appreciate that the proposing group is going to accept our amendment and, of course, we will vote in favour of it.