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Rebranded Yandex Launches AI Venture in Europe After Russia Exit

Yandex co-founder Arkady Volozh said he hopes Nebius “will become one of the largest AI infrastructure companies in the world, certainly in Europe.”...

U.S. Says It Broke Up Russian AI Bot Farm on X

The campaign was developed by a senior editor of RT, financed by the Kremlin and aided by an officer of the FSB, the Justice Department said.

opinion Ben Dubow

Embarrassingly for the Kremlin, Russian AI Isn’t Good Enough for Its Own Disinformation

Putin says he wants to make Russia a world leader in artificial intelligence. But ironically, Russian propaganda is still reliant on American software...

Russia's Human Rights Chief Slams Chatbots for Dodging Ukraine War Questions

The chatbots refused to answer questions about the legal status of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and massacre of civilians in Bucha.

AI Chat Bot to Help Draft Laws in Northern Russian Region

Authorities in the Khanty-Mansi autonomous district said the AI language model would help lawmakers handle their heavy workload.

Russia Targets Deepfakes Amid Surge in Phone Scams – Vedomosti

Russia has seen a rise in phishing attacks in which cybercriminals pose as their targets’ employers in order to gain access to sensitive data.

opinion Ben Dubow

Will Russia Be an Artificial Intelligence Disinformation Victim or Perpetrator?

2 billion people are eligible to vote in an election in 2024. Russia might be as at risk from AI-generated disinformation as the Kremlin’s enemies.

opinion Ben Dubow

Why Putin’s Faith in Russia’s ‘Homegrown Midjourney’ Is Misplaced

Russia’s AI image generators may not be an antidote to Western narratives and are far less sophisticated than the alternatives.

opinion Ben Dubow

Russia-China Alliance Would Build Artificial Intelligence For Dictators

Russia will have to accept its status as a junior partner to Beijing in the quest to build AI that won’t challenge their repressive regimes.

Putin Says Russia Must Rival 'Dangerous' Western AI

"The monopolistic domination of such foreign creations in Russia is unacceptable, dangerous and inadmissible," he said.

opinion Ben Dubow

Putin Wants Russia to Win the Artificial Intelligence Race. Here’s Why it Won’t

With crippling sanctions, tech talent driven away and restrictive information laws, Moscow’s dreams of AI supremacy may never come true.

Russian Far-Right Party Unveils AI Chatbot of Deceased Leader

LDPR said the neural network had been trained with more than 18,000 hours of Vladimir Zhirinovsky's recorded speeches and interviews.

Russia's Sberbank Launches Own Version of ChatGPT

Initially, the chatbot will be available to a small community of testers.

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