National Center for the Development of Artificial Intelligence

Main article: Artificial intelligence (Russian market)

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2022: Launch of the National Center for the Development of Artificial Intelligence

In mid-August 2022, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko announced the upcoming launch of the National Center for the Development of Artificial Intelligence under the Government of the Russian Federation. It will start working in September 2022.

The center will become a key platform for finding and analyzing effective AI solutions for business, science and the state. It will also contribute to the disclosure of the competencies of more than 2 thousand participants in the AI system with which we have been working over the past years: research institutes, authorities, technological corporations, communities and developers, - said Dmitry Chernyshenko, whose words are quoted by the press service of the Cabinet.

Russian government launches National Center for the Development of Artificial Intelligence

According to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, the indicator of the introduction of AI in certain sectors of the Russian economy by August 2022 reaches 20%. By 2024, it should be at least 50%. The Deputy Prime Minister noted that many large Russian companies have switched to active implementation of projects using artificial intelligence technologies. More than 60% of the country's organizations need increased funding for AI projects.

Chernyshenko also cited data according to which the use of developments in the field of artificial intelligence in 2021 brought the Russian economy more than 300 billion rubles, the most noticeable increase is observed in the financial sector.

The Deputy Prime Minister added that the basic organizations of research centers are already introducing bachelor's and master's programs developed within the framework of the fedproject in priority areas of AI. Students and graduates of these programs will be able to continue research activities on the basis of existing centers.

I am glad that despite the short period, only six months from the moment of selection of centers, they can already present specific results that can be used at enterprises, "he said.[1]

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