Russia and other BRICS countries risk remaining dependent on foreign technologies if they do not start seriously investing in their own AI systems, large language models, energy, and digital production. This will require significant resources, said Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov at the flagship seminar of the New Development Bank governors.
According to the Deputy Finance Minister, it is no longer just about new services, but about the future of economic growth, sovereignty, and even the survival of individual economies. New Development Bank member countries cannot rely solely on Western AI solutions.
Russia also needs its own breakthrough technologies that can become an alternative to foreign solutions. This will require large investments.
We must have our own technologies, our own large language models, and AI engineers. And of course, to have them, we must invest in them. We must spend significant resources.
Chebeskov emphasized that it is important for the country to have its own alternatives to Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and other services.
According to the Deputy Finance Minister, over the next decade, more than 70% of the added value of the global economy will be created through digital technologies and digital business models. At the same time, as Chebeskov noted, NDB member countries are currently investing insufficiently in this area. Their research and development expenditures range from 0.2% to 1.5% of GDP. For comparison: in other countries, this figure exceeds 3%.
In addition, the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Finance pointed out the need to finance technologies in nuclear energy, fusion energy, and AI development.
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