The creators of the Russian neural network “Kandinsky 2.1” from “Sberbank” rewrote some fragments of the neural network's functioning after a visit to the prosecutor's office. The reason was dissatisfaction with some image generations of the service among State Duma deputies.
This story became known from the words of the bank's head, German Gref. At the “Finopolis” forum, he told reporters about what exactly the people's representatives were unhappy with.
When generating the Russian flag, our model tried to improve it. It drew domes from St. Basil's Cathedral on the flag. The deputies considered this a mockery of our national flag. We immediately stopped certain things - it no longer generates state symbols, it generates a pre-set picture.
Earlier in April 2023, the leader of the “Fair Russia - For Truth” faction in the State Duma, Sergei Mironov, appealed to the Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, asking him to check “Sber” and its neural network for compliance with Russian legislation.