He President of the Government, Pedro Sánchezparticipated today in the HispanIA event: how Artificial Intelligence will improve our future, held at the headquarters of the Ramón Areces Foundation in Madrid, and in which Sánchez made several announcements related to AI in Spain, as well as in the business world. The first is the availability, according to the Efe Agency, of the first models of Alia, an AI in Spanish and co-official languagesIt is developed with open source, and from public institutions.
The second announcement that has been made is the activation of 150 million of euros, which will have as their purpose enhance the use of AI in companies Spanish women of all sizes and sectors. Specifically, 20 of them will be specifically aimed at use cases for SMEs.
The activation of the first Alia models also involves the start of work to begin applying it in the first two pilot projects in which it will be used. The first will serve to speed up the work of the Tax Agency. The second is aimed at Health, specifically at improving the diagnosis of heart failure in primary care.
Other members of the government were also present at the event, such as the Third Vice President and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Sara Aagesen; the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska; the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Oscar Puente; the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Lluis Planas; and the Minister for Digital Transformation and the Public Service, Óscar López, who spoke at the beginning of the event. In addition, several researchers and entrepreneurs from the technology sector have also participated.
In addition to these announcements, Pedro Sánchez during the event he warned of the danger posed by what he described as “technocaste«referring to the CEOs and directors of large American technology companies, such as Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg, denouncing that they want to use their power «on social networks to try to control public debate in action against the West«.
He has also spoken about Artificial Intelligence, highlighting that it is key «see how it is regulated, reducing inequalities and serving people, or if it is used against people. Technologies tend to reinforce the status quo and make the most powerful more powerful and the richest richer.«.
