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Artificial intelligence has ceased to be an exclusively technological issue and has become one of the main stages of competition between States, companies and international actors. From regulation promoted by Europe to the technological race between the United States and China, to ethical warnings from institutions like the Vatican, the development of AI has become an issue of power, security and sovereignty. In a world where algorithms increasingly influence the economy, defense, information and decision-making, fundamental questions arise: who will set the rules of this technological revolution? Is there a single development model for artificial intelligence? And how will it transform the global balance of power? We analyzed it in El Debate on France 24.

The discussion about the accelerated development of artificial intelligence has intensified in recent months. On the one hand, the American technology company Palantir maintains that artificial intelligence will mark a new era of global deterrence and that the question is no longer whether AI-powered weapons will be developed, but who will build them and for what purpose.

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On the other hand, Pope Leo XIV, through the latest encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, has called for “disarming AI” and has warned about the risk that those who control this technology will use it to authoritarianly dominate societies.

And in tangible terms, President Donald Trump decreed voluntary government oversight of new AI models before they go to market.

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In this context, we ask ourselves in El Debate de France 24: Is there a single inevitable path in the development of AI for political, social and military use? What's behind it? How are the European Union, China and Ukraine progressing on this front?

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