The federal project for the development of artificial intelligence will become part of the new national project “Data Economy”. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed to ensure its preparation following the results of the sectoral strategic session held on September 26.
The Ministry of Economic Development will be responsible for the federal artificial intelligence project. Together with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Maxim Reshetnikov will have to determine the list of indicators of the national project “Data Economy” in terms of the development of artificial intelligence with the calculation of their planned values by year and the necessary funding, including funds from the federal budget and extra-budgetary sources. This work should be completed by April 15.
In 2019, by Presidential Decree “On the development of artificial intelligence in The National Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence for the period up to 2030 has been approved in Russia. It is the main strategic document aimed at the development and implementation of domestic solutions that form the introduction of innovations in all spheres of economic activity and everyday life of citizens.
Now the Government, on behalf of the President, is working on updating the strategy. According to the logic of the new version of the document, a new federal project will be formed.
About why in It is important for Russia to develop this direction, Mikhail Mishustin said at the stratessession. “Products based on artificial intelligence help to increase the efficiency of entire sectors of the economy, bring them to a qualitatively new level. They are widely used for data analysis, forecasting, process optimization, automation in production, launching convenient and useful services for citizens and entrepreneurs. It is very important to us that they are created in our Russia,” the Prime Minister said.
According to him, this is necessary to ensure independence from foreign suppliers, strengthen the security of our country. “And of course, this will open up additional opportunities for both people and businesses,” Mikhail Mishustin stressed.
In order to increase the level of implementation of artificial intelligence in economic sectors, the Ministry of Finance will have to work out the creation of domestic data processing tools (services) using artificial intelligence technologies to enrich and mark up a data set by December 20, 2024, and ensure the creation of an artificial intelligence platform accessible to authorities on the basis of a single digital platform by April 1, 2024.”Gostekh”.
In order to increase the level of implementation of artificial intelligence in the healthcare sector, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance were instructed to provide funding from 2025 for the implementation of AI solutions in the formation of a new federal project “Digital Health Services”. Within the framework of the national project “Healthcare”, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development will have to ensure the formation of the necessary management system for the implementation of measures for the introduction of AI in the healthcare sector by February 15, 2024.
The Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Finance were instructed to work out issues of preferential technical connection to the electric networks of new specialized data processing centers and the provision of preferential electricity tariffs for such data centers. Proposals on this matter should be submitted to The Government by February 15, 2024.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Economic Development have been instructed to ensure the activities of the Federal Center for the Applied Development of Artificial Intelligence in order to increase the availability of infrastructure necessary to solve problems in the field of artificial intelligence. The work will be carried out within the framework of the state program “Development of industry and increasing its competitiveness” and, as expected, will contribute to increasing the level of implementation of artificial intelligence in industries. The deadline for the execution of this order is March 30, 2024.
To ensure the advanced development of artificial intelligence, it is necessary to support scientific research and development. In this regard, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Finance and The Russian Academy of Sciences, together with specialized research centers, has been instructed to form approaches by March 1, 2024 to identify priority areas of scientific research and support mechanisms for breakthrough fundamental and applied scientific research and their inclusion in the existing instruments of state support for scientific activities.
In order to stimulate the development of scientific activities, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Finance were instructed to submit to Government proposals for the establishment of Russia’s one-time prize for solving mathematical “millennium problems”. The deadline is April 15, 2024.
Several instructions concern personnel training issues. Thus, the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Economic Development will ensure the development of university programs for the training of highly qualified specialists in the field of artificial intelligence. The deadline is March 30, 2024. The Ministry of Education and Science has been instructed to ensure the implementation of these programs with the involvement of representatives of leading organizations in the field of AI as scientific and pedagogical personnel.
In order to develop human resources for the mass introduction of AI technologies, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Economic Development was instructed to submit to Government proposals to launch a national training initiative. At the same time, it is necessary to provide measures for the development of general education and training of teaching staff at all levels of education, as well as retraining of researchers in order to teach them how to use AI technologies in scientific activities. The deadline is June 1, 2024.
As part of the monitoring of the risks of socio-economic development of Russia, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Labor were instructed to provide an annual analysis and assessment of the risks associated with the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies in economic and social sectors, including its impact on the labor market.
A source: http://government.ru/news/50177/
