The president of Government, Pedro Sanchezhas taken advantage of his participation this Thursday in an international conference on artificial intelligence celebrated in the India to claim that this technology “must be guided by human values, expand freedoms and democracynot erode them”.
“We will fight the IA for evil”, he remarked in a veiled reference to his struggle with techno-oligarchs like the tycoon Elon Muskwith whom he has clashed over his proposal to ban social networks to minors under 16 years of age. “Progress without ethics is not progress. And innovation Without purpose it is not leadership, it is failure.
During the plenary session of political leaders of the India AI Impact Summit 2026Sánchez has warned that, “for AI to reach its full potential”, risks such as the growing concentration of can at a handful of big tech companies like Google, OpenAI, Meta, Amazon o Microsoftas well as the environmental impact that these generative systems have, which consume large volumes of energy y agua.
Progress without ethics is not progress. And innovation without purpose is not leadership, it is failure
Prominence of Spain
“The IA is granting humanity unprecedented power. It can expand knowledge, boost productivity and improve well-being. And my country wants to be at the forefront of this transformation. Not only using technology, but also giving it shape,” he remarked in his speech. “The AI that Spain want is safe, transparent and in the interest of all, not a few.
Sánchez has claimed that Spain is the sixth country in adopting Generative AIsomething that has been attributed to the strategy of investment public of its Executive, as well as the cooperation with the European Union and the “will to promote” the technological sovereignty. The mission of deploying these tools in public administration, he added, is “to provide better services and reduce the bureaucracy“.
Meeting with Modi
Sánchez has not made direct reference to the Spanish Government’s proposal to prohibit social networks for minors under 16 years of age, as well as its plan to criminally prosecute the technology magnates responsible for these platforms.
The Spanish leader met on Wednesday with the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The meeting, held on the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between both countries, served Sánchez to promote Spain as an attractive destination for investments of the Asian giant and to insist on a “rights-based” AI that, unlike X, Elon Musk and the scandal unleashed by the generation of nudity without consent with Grok“put people at the center.”
Shared concern
Sánchez’s concern is shared by other leaders. “AI is becoming infrastructure and this is always something political,” he remarked a few minutes before. Aleksandar Vucicpresident of Serbia. “AI should not be only in the hands of a handful of corporations and elites (…) democratizing it is not a slogan, but rather there are fair conditions for everyone,” he added. Peter Pellegrinipresident of Slovakia.
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