Russian MPs back experiment on artificial intelligence implementation in Moscow

MOSCOW, April 14 (RAPSI) – The State Duma has approved in the second and third reading a bill envisaging that since July 1 an experiment concerning the introduction of a legal framework governing implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in Moscow for a 5-year period is to be launched, according to a statement on the official website of the lower house of Russia's parliament. The AI technologies include computer vision, natural language processing, speech recognition and synthesis. The experimental legal regime is to govern only those participating in the experiment: legal entities and individual entrepreneurs listed on a respective register on the basis of their applications. The complex of technologies to be used includes such components as systems and means for processing of information and software. The document also regulates the issues relating to the storage, use, and destruction of anonymized personal data.