The law “On Support for the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Russia,” passed by the State Duma in July and approved by Vladimir Putin, requires large-scale basic models to comply with Russian legislation and traditional spiritual and moral values. Companies will be able to confirm compliance with these requirements through an independent testing laboratory approved by the Ministry of Digital Development.
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They reported that procedures to confirm that AI models are consistent with traditional spiritual and moral values will be developed by the government with the participation of the Ministry of Digital Development, the FSB and FSTEC, which are responsible for matters such as information and technology security. “News”.
Sources involved in the discussion of the detailed regulations pointed out that the list of spiritual and moral values is included in Presidential Decree No. 809, so it is planned to develop special benchmarks together with companies, with the help of which Russia’s large basic models will be tested for compliance with laws and values. Vedomosti’s interlocutor also said that the Government Commission on Digitalization could create a testing laboratory on the advice of the Ministry of Digital Development. Its positive conclusion would be the basis for granting the model national or sovereign status, which would entitle developers to subsequent government support measures, for example when government procurement or the implementation of particularly significant IT projects. The procedure only applies to developments claiming sovereignty or statehood.
ANO Digital Economy stated that education and the provision of public services will be the first areas for the implementation of the sovereign and national artificial intelligence model.
Inspections cannot be conducted by one designated agency but can be conducted by multiple laboratories inspected by government agencies. The FSB and FSTEC are responsible for checking whether artificial intelligence meets national system security standards, confirming compliance and the final decision on assigning national or sovereign status to the model will be taken by the Ministry of Digital Development.
A representative from the Ministry of Digital Development pointed out that the package of details is currently undergoing cross-departmental approval, so it is too early to talk about the final inspection regulations.
Alexey Zabrodin, Technical Director of RTK-DPC, said that the Institute of System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences has extensive experience in handling complex software products and can act as an auditor.
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