On Tuesday 12 February, MEPs adopted by a comfortable majority (572 votes in favour, 54 against, 45 abstentions) a particularly dense own-initiative report (192 paragraphs over more than 60 pages) calling for a comprehensive European industrial policy on artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics that paves the way for an "ethical" and "human-centred" AI.
"My main objective has been to ensure that this is a positive report that signals our willingness to adopt this technology and provide...