President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian government and the country’s largest bank, Sberbank, to cooperate with China in the field of artificial intelligence.
Mr. Putin’s instructions were published on the Kremlin website on Wednesday, three weeks after announcing that Russia would team up with BRICS partners and other countries to develop AI.
He called on the government and Sberbank, which is spearheading Russia’s efforts in artificial intelligence, to “continue cooperation with the People’s Republic of China in technological research and development in the field of artificial intelligence.
Western sanctions aimed at restricting Moscow’s access to the technologies it needs to support its war against Ukraine have led the world’s major microprocessor producers to cease exports to Russia, significantly limiting its ambitions. ‘artificial intelligence.
German Gref, CEO of Sberbank, acknowledged in 2023 that graphics processing units (GPUs), the microchips that underpin AI development, were the most difficult hardware for Russia to replace.
By partnering with non-Western countries, Russia seeks to challenge U.S. dominance in one of the most promising and crucial technologies of the 21st century.
On December 11, Putin said a new AI alliance network would bring together specialists from BRICS countries and other interested states.
Russia is currently ranked 31st out of 83 countries in terms of AI implementation, innovation and investment according to the Global AI Index compiled by the British company Tortoise Media, far behind the United States and China, but also behind India and Brazil, other members of the BRICS.
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