The conclusion of the first conference on responsible AI in the military domain allowed the Ministry of Defense to present a more complete picture of the national ecosystem. In her last intervention, Foreign Minister María Amparo Valcarce explicitly referred to the progress made in the projects supervised by the Ministry of Defence, citing cooperation with CESTIC and industry as a technical requirement for any operational deployment.
The choice of Jian was not a coincidence. Its infrastructure, driven CETEDEXIt has become a meeting point between academic, industrial and experimental capabilities. Military sources describe the center as a “dual-use multiplier” for its anti-drone laboratory, its track for autonomous vehicles and its unit for evaluating artificial intelligence algorithms in real environments.
Why has CETEDEX become crucial for military AI?
Testing responsible AI under operational conditions
| Parameter | He deserves |
|---|---|
| Algorithms were evaluated | Self-awareness, sensor fusion, and anti-drone signal analysis |
| Applied ethical standard | NATO Responsible AI Principles (2021) + DoD Guidelines (2020) |
| Collaborators | Andalusian Universities, CESTIC, ISDEFE |
A startling fact emerged in conversations in the hallway: CETEDEX is already conducting tests with a hybrid autonomy model for non-land vehicles that combines verifiable rules and deep learning. A similar approach was cited by US analyst CRS in 2023 to reduce non-deterministic failures in military vehicles.
International industry comes into play
- presence Sushil Shah (AWS UK) and Imogen Verret (Google Defense Europe) Show the weight that a highly secure cloud gains in validation and algorithmic audits.
Experts agreed that traceability is the bottleneck. As one Amazon official explained during a parallel table, the challenge is not computational power, but the ability to document decisions in real time to meet NATO requirements for interpretability.
How is AI governance demonstrated in defence?
The roundtable addressed the legal burden that accompanies each line of code. The university, represented by several research groups concerned with technology security and ethics, called for a stable model of independent oversight. The idea coincides with what the Pentagon group proposed in 2022, which proposed external audits of systems dedicated to signals intelligence.
Institutional closures have occurred before Margaret RoblesWhich highlighted the need to “preserve values and responsibility” in adopting emerging technologies. His letter points to the same dilemma reflected in Rand Corporation reports on military independence: more speed means more reliance on human judgment overseeing the decision cycle.
The closing ceremony included the “AI Promptathon” awards, promoted by Microsoft, where several teams presented creative solutions for operational analysis. Although they were prototypes, they prove that integrating generative AI into defense will be faster than expected. For the Spanish ecosystem, the implication is clear: with CETEDEX acting as the platform and the international industry as the technology partner, the advantage will come from the ability to certify algorithms under quantifiable ethical standards.