Putin Orders State Support for AI as Race Heats Up

Putin orders Russian government to fund AI research to compete with the West
Comes after ChatGPT demonstrated advanced conversational abilities
Calls for optimizing algorithms, developing large language models, and building supercomputers
Aims to achieve "technological sovereignty" amid Western sanctions
Russia already launched its own AI chatbot called Gigachat after ChatGPT's success

themoscowtimes.com

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Posted 9/7/2023, 2:11:37 PM