Russia may soon adopt AI development strategy - Russian G20 Sherpa

MOSCOW, July 2. /TASS/. Russia can adopt an artificial intelligence (AI) development strategy in the near future in accordance with the recommendations devised by G20, Russian President’s representative (Sherpa) to G20 Svetlana Lukash said at a briefing on Tuesday. "G20 passed recommendations on developing strategies in the sphere of AI. I am glad to announce that Russia is now designing such a strategy, we are hoping that it will be adopted in the near future," she said. According to her, the last G20 summit in Osaka put much emphasis on the hi-tech topic "from the standpoint of taking care of people’s interest in the course of developing AI." "We are grateful for the Japanese governements’ [initiative] to bring up specific examples of technologies, which will later determine the global development, for discussion," Lukash underlined. The National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Development in Russia project was presented at a roundtable discussion at the Analytical Centre under the Government of Russia on June 19. According to the document, it is proposed that the share of the large- and medium-sized companies, state authority institutions and subordinate organizations using AI should reach 10% by 2024 and 20% by 2030. Moreover, the strategy stipulates full elimination of the Russian AI specialist deficit by 2030, including by attracting leading foreign experts with academic degrees. Read more