European Parliament · 19 January 2021

Artificial intelligence: questions of interpretation and application of international law in so far as the EU is affected in the areas of civil and military uses and of state authority outside the scope of criminal justice

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345 in favour · 323 against · 25 abstained. 693 members voted.

What it asks for, in the Parliament's words

• Insists on the need for an EU-wide strategy against LAWS and a ban on so-called ‘killer robots’
• Calls on the Commission to support the research, development, deployment and use of AI for preserving peace and preventing conflicts
• Calls on the Commission to facilitate research into and discourse on opportunities of using AI in disaster relief, crisis prevention, and upholding peace

Quoted from A9-0001/2021, which says more than these lines. Each is a whole paragraph; this site does not rewrite them.

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• Roll-call results, 19 January 2021
• Minutes of the sitting
• Procedure file A9-0001/2021
• Open data record for the sitting