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AI models developed in Russia will be divided into categories, depending on their reliance on domestic or foreign solutions, according to a new bill drafted in Moscow. While the legislation is being finalized by the government, Putin is already taking the reins of artificial intelligence by setting up a Kremlin commission that will oversee its implementation. Russia drafts law to regulate artificial intelligence The authorities in Moscow are preparing to classify artificial intelligence (AI) models into two or three groups based on how Russian they are by design. According to the current version of the government bill “On Artificial Intelligence in the Russian Federation,” they will be categorized as “sovereign,” “national” or “trusted.” Each model will be approved through certification upon meeting the requirements of the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTEK) and the Federal Security Service (FSB). Officials want software providing access to Russian AI pre-installed on every smartphone and tablet, the business daily Kommersant reported after examining a copy of the document. To be labeled as “sovereign,” an AI model must be developed and operated in Russia, by its citizens and Russian companies. It will also have to be trained exclusively using datasets generated within the Russian Federation, and without any components built outside the country. Employing foreign open-source solutions and using non-Russian datasets for training will be permitted in the case of “national” artificial intelligence models. The third category of “trusted” AI models will cover those designed to work with critical information and infrastructure, the article detailed further. They will be evaluated against a set of government-elaborated criteria, and their security must be confirmed by the FSTEK and the FSB. Experts are skeptical about ‘sovereign’ AI While the bill is still under review and may undergo revisions before it’s adopted, Moscow is certainly obsessed with…

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