Russian President Vladimir Putin talks about Russia’s AI ambitions and announced plans for a new national strategy for AI development. He addressed the AI arms race, emphasizing the need for Russia to counter Western influence and dominance in the field.
During the Artificial Intelligence Journey conference, Putin outlined the goals of the new strategy, focusing on increased research into generative AI and large language models. He also emphasized the need to scale up supercomputing power, improve top-level AI education, and enact legal changes to achieve these goals. Putin highlighted the challenges associated with existing AI models, which may be selective or biased, potentially ignoring Russian culture due to their reliance on English-only data sets.
The United States and the United Kingdom currently lead AI research, but Russia aims to change the status quo. Concerns about the potential dangers of AI have divided the AI research community, with some expressing worry about the misuse of AI tools leaders like Putin. However, Putin insists that the Western monopoly over AI is “unacceptable, dangerous and inadmissible.”
By outlining these plans at the Moscow conference, Putin has demonstrated Russia’s commitment to developing and asserting its influence in the field of artificial intelligence.