"recognise that building strategic European AI technologies and infrastructure is essential for the continent’s democratic security and autonomy, and take concrete steps to prevent unilateral technological dependency on foreign or private providers, while ensuring secure and equitable access, particularly for smaller member States, public-interest research institutions and small and medium sized enterprises."
AI is becoming critical infrastructure for Europe’s democracy, resilience and autonomy. The amendment aims to reduce one-sided dependency on foreign or private providers and ensures access for smaller States, researchers and SMEs