Successes of medical AI, the race between the United States and China, the hype around autonomous vehicles and other topics of November about artificial intelligence from the @ict_moscow_ai Telegram feed in one digest.

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 At the beginning of the month it was announced than Botkin.AI system for medical images analysis using artificial intelligence from Intellogic had <a href="https://vademec.ru/news/2020/11/05/zaregistrirovano-pervoe-programmnoe-obespechenie-s-ii-dlya-analiza-meditsinskikh-snimkov/" target="_blank">received</a> a registration certificate from Roszdravnadzor and had been admitted to circulation on the Russian market starting from November 3, 2020.

 
 The company <a href="https://old.sk.ru/news/b/news/archive/2019/05/29/botkinai-poluchil-100-mln-rubley-investiciy.aspx" target="_blank">raised </a>100 million rubles (equivalent to $1.3 million)  investment for the startup last year. This solution <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1215/" target="_blank">became</a> the second medical software using AI that is registered in Russia, the first one was the solution for analyzing images using AI.

 
 Also in November Moscow <a href="https://tass.ru/obschestvo/10098247" target="_blank">reported</a> that more than 500 thousand CT images has been analyzed using AI in the capital, and announced the results of the first year of the experiment for introducing artificial intelligence into the Moscow healthcare system: currently about 300 Moscow medical institutions use artificial intelligence services developed by 21 companies. Next year the authors of the project <a href="https://www.mos.ru/news/item/83143073/" target="_blank">plan</a> to increase the number of types of medical research using artificial intelligence from 4 to 10.

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 China is trying to overtake the USA<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
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 CB Insights analysts <a href="https://t.me/blockchainRF/3290" target="_blank">presented</a> a list of the 10 most expensive AI companies in the world: 3 out of 10 are from China, the rest are from the USA. Later, the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1266/" target="_blank">released</a> the China Internet Development Report 2020, which said that China had overtaken the United States in the number of patent applications in artificial intelligence. In total, 694 thousand applications were submitted in the country, and in the period from January to October of this year the number of applications almost reached 102 thousand. This is 56% more than during the same period of 2019.

 
 The news agenda of the last month also included messages on bilateral cooperation between Russia and China. At the beginning of November it was announced that Russia and China <a href="http://duma.gov.ru/news/49910/" target="_blank">had agreed</a> to exchange experience in legal regulation. The areas of exchange include the regulation of digital economy, artificial intelligence technologies, personal data security, and legislative support of information security and scientific and technical cooperation. Russian RVC and Chinese DeepBlue Technology <a href="https://www.comnews.ru/content/211378/2020-11-02/2020-w45/rvk-i-kitayskaya-korporaciya-deepblue-technology-budut-razvivat-proekty-oblasti-umnykh-gorodov" target="_blank">signed</a> a memorandum on cooperation in the field of smart cities and industry 4.0. The first project will be aimed at attracting Russian teams for participation in the Smart City project of the Chinese city of Anshan. Priority search areas are intelligent and robotic systems, visual recognition and intelligent detection systems, solutions in artificial intelligence and big data analysis for manufacturing industries, production security systems.

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 Growing hype around AI and autonomous vehicles<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
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 Rostelecom <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1225/" target="_blank">released</a> another notable report by publishing the fourth annual monitoring of global digitalization trends. For the second year in a row, AI remains the most notable trend. This is also <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1234/" target="_blank">confirmed</a> by the quarterly review of the most notable media trends in IT by ICT.Moscow. According to the review, artificial intelligence was mentioned from 15.4 to 17 thousand times a month from July to September of this year.

 
 Rostelecom also notes that autonomous vehicles trend has been growing rapidly over the past 5 years. Experts see a significant growth in the market of technologies for unmanned vehicles (merger of VW Group and Ford to create unmanned taxis and delivery services, expansion of the partnership between Uber and Toyota, active investment by large corporations in this area). According to Rostelecom analysts, the main barriers to commercial use are infrastructure and regulations.

 
 NP “GLONASS” also claims that regulation and the lack of uniform technical standards as one of the barriers. In December the Moscow Region will <a href="https://iz.ru/1084300/2020-11-08/v-rossii-zapustiat-testirovanie-sistemy-bespilotnogo-vozhdeniia-v-potoke" target="_blank">launch</a> the testing of the system of transport autonomous driving in traffic using V2X (vehicle-to-everything) equipment from six developers: Fort Telecom, MVS Group, Kaspersky Lab, Sreda Solutions, Keysight and FSUE NAMI. Based on the results of the launch, the domestic Russian standard for data exchange within the V2X infrastructure will be developed.

 
 Regarding the UAVs area, the first center for the operation of unmanned aircraft systems was <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1214/" target="_blank">launched</a> in Russia on the basis of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI. The unit is the first and only one in Russia and has already been granted an official national status. It was also announced that the Ministry of Transport had ordered to develop an information support system for unmanned aircraft flights in the Russian Federation.

 
 The unmanned vehicles area is actively developing abroad as well. The UK has made an important step in this direction: at the beginning of the month, the testing of six autonomous vehicles <a href="https://bespilot.com/news/913-oxford?fbclid=IwAR0I7hfohhR-kECUZaF9BTa5qnmXhO14Mb9INskfOIELC8Wzus9rdJqX2jQ" target="_blank">began</a> in Oxford under the government’s <a href="https://www.endeavourprogramme.com/" target="_blank">Endeavor</a> program. This is the country’s first autonomous vehicle testing program on public roads. The testing will be conducted during the year in three major British cities, including London.

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 In November, companies continued to announce purchases of start-ups, report on finding new markets and technology profitability. For instance, TechCrunch <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/m-a/20/11/18200266/intel-makes-its-second-ai-acquisition-in-a-week" target="_blank">wrote</a> about another deal by Intel - this time the company purchased the Israeli developer cnvrg.io.

 
 In Russia Sberbank <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/sberbank-expects-ai-profit-expansion/" target="_blank">claimed</a> it expected an increase in profits from artificial intelligence. The technology will generate about 6% of the targeted net profit of Sberbank this year, as the company plans to use this technology in almost all processes in the expanding range of products. On November 30, the same idea was voiced by the first deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank Alexander Vedyakhin at the online presentation of Investor Day: Strategy 2023. He said that the company intended to issue more than 90% of all loans in 2023 using artificial intelligence.

 
 Meanwhile, Tinkoff bank <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1213/" target="_blank">announced</a> that it would create a separate department for the development of AI technologies. In another segment, Gazprom Neft and Zyfra Group <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1255/" target="_blank">announced</a> the creation of a separate business - a joint venture for developing digital solutions in the oil and gas sector, including using AI. And VisionLabs (part of the Sberbank ecosystem) has <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1264/" target="_blank">opened</a> an office in Dubai to promote its AI solutions in the UAE market. The company plans to continue its expansion by opening representative offices in Singapore and the USA, and is also considering the possibility of entering the markets of Latin America and Japan.

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 Another notable event of November for the Russian AI industry was the <a href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1226" target="_blank">inclusion</a> of a Russian representative in the work of the interstate group for conducting global consultations in the Ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the Council of Europe. Andrey Neznamov, Sberbank’s executive director of the Center for Data Research for Government Bodies, was elected as the chairman of this group.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/ai-digest-november20/" target="_blank">Original (in Russian)</a>

ICT.Moscow

Digest about AI in Russia: top news in November

AI is the
first in line to be tested in Russian sandboxes, the need to determine the
criteria for AI solutions, open practices of the world’s cities and other
topics of the month - ICT.Moscow has collected the most notable topics for
October about artificial intelligence from the&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai">@ict_moscow_ai</a>&nbsp;telegram feed in one digest.

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 Artificial
intelligence and big data are the first in line to be tested in Russian
sandboxes<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
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 In October,
Mikhail Mishustin <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1192/">approved</a> a list of 10 technologies for use under experimental
legal regimes, the law on which will come into effect on January 1, 2021.

 
 The first in
this list are neurotechnologies, AI technologies (including computer vision, natural
language processing, recommender systems, etc.) and technologies for working
with big data (developments in the field of data traceability and
interoperability, software-defined data storages, etc.). Nevertheless, business
and government representatives are still discussing the criteria for assessing the presence of AI in the
developments.

 
 In
mid-October,&nbsp; the “Artificial Intelligence” working
group at ANO “Digital Economy” <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1157/">proposed</a> to
return personal income tax to IT specialists involved in the implementation of
AI in Russia, and the discussion led to the question about the criteria, which
was left open.&nbsp;

 
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 AI practices
of global megacities are becoming more open<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
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 In early
October, it <a target="_blank" href="https://news.cision.com/fi/city-of-helsinki/r/helsinki-and-amsterdam-first-cities-in-the-world-to-launch-open-ai-register,c3204076">was announced</a> that Amsterdam and Helsinki had launched open online
registers of city AI projects. The projects were presented at the Next
Generation Internet Summit. According to the authors of the project, the main
task of such registers is to make the process of using AI algorithms
transparent in urban practice and to share the experience of their application.

 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; •&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://algoritmeregister.amsterdam.nl/en/ai-register/"> Amsterdam
Register</a>

 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; •&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a target="_blank" href="https://ai.hel.fi/en/ai-register/">Helsinki Register</a>

 
 Later, the
British company Vivacity Lab <a target="_blank" href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/ai-cameras-london-social-distancing-rules-a4566446.html">elaborated</a> on the application of computer vision
in urban video surveillance systems. In particular, AI was used to monitor the
observance of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 
 The system
does not store video recordings, but generates a database to check whether the
restrictions imposed in cities are observed. The Vivacity system is used in
London, Manchester and three other UK cities.

 
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 The
international race for leadership in AI continues<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
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 Saudi Arabia
<a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1178/">has revealed</a> its national AI strategy until 2030. The document was announced
during the Global AI Summit, which was held virtually on October 21-22. Over
the next 10 years, the country plans to invest more than $20 billion in this
area, train and attract more than 20 thousand specialists and create a
specialized ecosystem with more than 300 AI startups. Thus, Saudi Arabia seeks
to enter the top 15 countries in the world in terms of AI development and
application.

 
 In
October it <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-to-reveal-artificial-intelligence-strategy-159189">was reported</a> that in the near future Turkey could also present its
national strategy on AI.

 
 In general, countries show high interest in
the technology. For example, at the beginning of the year, the EU <a target="_blank" href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/commission-white-paper-artificial-intelligence-feb2020_en.pdf">presented</a> the
concept of an AI development approach. In September the United States and the
United Kingdom <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1092/">signed</a> a declaration on cooperation in the field of AI, and in
October the United States <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1156/">approved </a>a strategy for world leadership in the field
of emerging technologies, among which AI and neurointerfaces were named. The US
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2020/10/30/china-threatens-us-primacy-in-artificial-intelligence">sees</a> China as its main competitor in this area, as China also plans to become
the world AI leader by 2030. Russia is also developing national AI initiatives:
at the end of August, the Concept of AI and Robotics Regulation <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/980/">was presented</a>.

 
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 AI is one of
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 Such a
conclusion can be drawn from <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/5g-labs/">a review</a> published by ICT.Moscow at the end of
October with an analysis of publications about the global experience in 5G
testing at 116 laboratory-type sites in 24 countries, including 10 Russian
sites. In terms of mentions, AI is in the top 3 among technologies with which
5G is being tested in the world:

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 In addition,
the following patterns were observed:

<ul>
 <li>34% of 116 labs analyzed are already testing 5G with AI;</li>
 <li>the engagement of cities and states in testing 5G together with AI is as noticeable as the participation of telecom equipment vendors;</li>
 <li>a new format of 5G testing - in innovative harbours and industry parks that can be created on the basis of AI and 5G - has become more prominent.</li>
</ul>

 
 You can find
the dataset about AI <a target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TFzbBp-di4SFtypddPZecpQZiBSVKYXmOLneVgVEXmo/">here</a>. For full version click <a target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TFzbBp-di4SFtypddPZecpQZiBSVKYXmOLneVgVEXmo/">here</a>.

 
 The
commentaries on the findings by experts from different business areas are
available in the <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/5g-in-labs/">special material</a> of ICT.Moscow.

 
 

 
 <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/ai-digest-october20/">Original (in Russian)</a>

AI is the first in line to be tested in Russian sandboxes, the need to determine the criteria for AI solutions, open practices of the world’s cities and other topics of the month

Digest about AI in Russia: top news in October

The US-UK alliance on AI, the prospects for unmanned
vehicles in Russia, the focus on road safety and other topics - ICT.Moscow has collected
the most significant topics of September about artificial intelligence from
<a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai">@ict_moscow_ai</a> telegram feed in one digest.

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 New Alliance in AI<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
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 At the end of September, the United States and the United
Kingdom <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-britain-ai/u-s-uk-sign-agreement-on-artificial-intelligence-idUKKCN26G33H">signed</a> a declaration on cooperation in artificial intelligence. According
to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.state.gov/declaration-of-the-united-states-of-america-and-the-united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-on-cooperation-in-artificial-intelligence-research-and-development-a-shared-vision-for-driving/">declaration</a>, cooperation involves the joint development of the
economy and healthcare, improving the quality of life of citizens, joint
development and research in artificial intelligence and the creation of a technology ecosystem that will stimulate innovation
by integrating AI into the economy.

 
 ICT.Moscow <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/global-ai-experts-on-country-cooperation-in-artificial-intelligence/">asked</a> AI experts what could change for the industry, including the Russian
segment, after the declaration was signed. Executives and managers of AI companies have a rather positive view of the declaration: such alliances stimulate research
and promote development, which has a positive impact on the market. The authors of the
Russian Concept for the Regulation of AI and Robotics note that this is not the first document of such kind, and Russia should also
engage in similar cross-country partnerships.

 
 According to <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1112">preliminary data</a> of the poll in the telegram-feed, more than one third of the respondents believe
that the signing of the declaration between the United States and the
United Kingdom will not
affect the Russian IT industry. A quarter of the respondents think
there are barriers to
the sale of Russian developments in foreign markets, and even more than 15% believe that such an initiative can hinder
the development of the technology in general. Thus, industry representatives’
views of
the new initiative are
rather negative or
neutral.

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 Read more expert opinions on the signing of the declaration on cooperation in the <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/global-ai-experts-on-country-cooperation-in-artificial-intelligence/">special material of ICT.Moscow</a>
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 Route for autonomous vehicles was built<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
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 Autonomous vehicles were notable in the AI ​​landscape in September.
At the beginning of September Yandex and Sberbank (now called “Sber”) came into the
spotlight. With a
difference of several hours both companies announced that their
autonomous vehicles
departments would be spun off into separate companies - <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1020">Yandex Self-Driving Group (SDG</a>)
and <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1021">Sber Automotive
Technologies.</a>

 
 In September, the topic of unmanned control systems for rail
transport was actively discussed. Trains with artificial intelligence are already being <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1008">tested</a>
by Russian Railways, and the Ministry of Transport is <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1056">looking for</a> a developer
of a standard computer vision system (according to the plan, the technology
will already be
ready in December this year). The Moscow Department for Transport has <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1071">announced</a> plans to test
unmanned trams (Yandex will be responsible for the development of the
technology), and to<a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1103"> use</a> unmanned vehicles as parkons, which will automatically
monitor compliance with parking rules in Moscow.

 
 Autonomous
vehicles segment
is also
being developed in other types of transport. At the
end of the month, several ministries and relevant departments<a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/an-experiment-on-the-operation-of-unmanned-vessels-on-rivers-and-seas-in-russia-will-start-in-october/"> approved</a> a draft decree of the Russian government on testing
autonomous sea vessels. And Gazprom Neft continues to introduce unmanned
technologies: the company’s unmanned helicopter was <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1073">tested</a> in the Arctic
for delivering cargo to oil fields.

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 Roads will become safer<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
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 Another piece of news about autonomous
vehicles is dedicated
to road safety control.
In the first half of September, the testing of an autonomous air monitoring system
for road safety was <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1040">launched</a>. Within six months, the drones will fly over the
M-4 Don highway under the control of the operator, and then the system
will operate
autonomously.

 
 Glonass-BDD <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1061">uses</a>&nbsp;computer vision technologies for other tasks,
in particular, for
digitizing Russian roads. By analyzing the data from the driving video recorders, the system evaluates various road
characteristics and makes recommendations for improving safety on specific road sections. So far, 3 thousand kilometers of Russian
roads have already been digitized.

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 Healthcare industry is confident in AI<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
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 Artificial intelligence in
the Russian healthcare is growing steadily. The number of
medical images analyzed in clinics in September <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1067">exceeded</a> 300 thousand. It took
less than two months, while the first 150 thousand images were processed within
three
months (from April to
July).

 
 Also, in early September, the first AI system for
analyzing medical images
from Celsus company was<a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1035"> included</a> in the register of domestic software. This
will allow the developer to implement the solution in government medical
institutions.

 
 Meanwhile, doctors are getting accustomed to using artificial intelligence in everyday
tasks. The STC group (Speech Technology Center), which analyzes the level of doctors’ trust in the system for filling out medical documents by
voice, claims
that there is
a significant <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1003">increase</a>
in this indicator. A month after the launch of the corresponding project in Moscow medical
institutions 40% of doctors
were skeptical about the technology, but after three months the
percentage of doctors who were skeptical decreased to 6%.

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 The AI ​landscape in Moscow is expanding<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
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 In addition to autonomous vehicles and healthcare, AI is being developed in other areas
in Moscow. For example,
in education: at the beginning of the month, students of the State University
of Management <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1019">tested</a> the Examus online exam control system, which analyzes the
student’s behavior in the video frame, can determine student absence, and is also able to
recognize voices of other people in the room.

 
 According to
the Moscow
Department for Transport
and Road Infrastructure, security cameras <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1007">installed</a> in metro cars will monitor the train load and transmit this
information to city mobile applications, so that users will
be able to choose less
crowded subway cars.

 
 Visa <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1014">launched</a> a voice payment service created on the Yandex.Dialogs platform in 32 restaurants and cafes of Moscow.
Its is intended to reduce contacts between visitors and waiters: using the
system, customers can contactlessly order food and drinks, pay for them and
leave a tip.

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 Watching the progress<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
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 In September, the stories about the success of Russian AI
developers and startup founders, including the stories
about the successful development abroad, appeared in the media. For example, MedTech-AI startup
Deep Longevity led by Russian developer and entrepreneur Alexander Zhavoronkov
<a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/deep-longevity-medtech-ai-startup-was-acquired-by-hong-kong-investment-company-regent-pacific/">joined</a>&nbsp;the Hong Kong corporation Regent Pacific just a few weeks after the
launch, the deal amounted to $3.79 million, and Oleg Stavitsky’s Berlin-based startup Endel <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1085">raised</a> $5 million from
investors.

 
 Moscow-based NtechLab also <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/ntechlab-raised-over-13-million-for-the-development-of-its-product-line/">raised</a>&nbsp;$13 million&nbsp; from RDIF and
several foreign funds for future developments in the field of computer vision. The
developments
of the company are already
being used in the Moscow
city video surveillance system, and at the end of September it was
announced that they
would be <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1088">scaled</a> to 10 other cities, including Nizhny Novgorod.

 
 The government also
decided to support the
development of Russian AI startups. Mikhail Mishustin says that over the next four years, a
total of$92.2 million&nbsp; will be <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/the-ministry-for-digital-development-communications-and-mass-media-will-allocate-92-2-million-for-grants-for-it-projects/">allocated</a> to 1200 startups.

 
 In terms of
wins in the
competitions, it is important to mention the <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/itmo-university-scientists-won-an-international-competition-to-create-ai-for-diagnosing-inflammatory-disorders/">first place</a> of the team from ITMO
University in two stages of international competition organized by PMI Science.
The scientists
have developed the most efficient AI system for diagnosing inflammatory disorders.

 
 In September the results of two Russian contests - “Best Russian Social Projects” and “Innovator of Moscow”
- were summarized. The <a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1072">winner</a>&nbsp;of the
first competition was Beorg Smart Vision platform, which is used for crowdsourcing in
corporations. Care Mentor AI, MONQ and SearchInform ProfileCenter were
<a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1054">recognized</a> as the best innovators from Moscow in the field
of artificial intelligence.

 
 <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/ai-digest-september20/">Original (in Russian)</a>

The US-UK alliance on AI, the prospects for unmanned vehicles in Russia, the focus on road safety  and other topics about AI in September

Digest about AI in Russia: top news in September

The most notable events in
AI regulation, accessibility and security of personal data, slowdown of unmanned
vehicles development and other topics of the issue - ICT.Moscow has collected
the most important news about artificial intelligence in August from the
<a target="_blank" href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai">@ict_moscow_ai</a> telegram feed in one digest.

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<h2>
 The Federal project and
the Concept of regulation were approved
</h2>

 
 AI regulation was
mentioned most often in the news items in August. Vladimir Putin’s order to finalize
the federal project “Artificial Intelligence” until the end of summer was
fulfilled - at the end of August, the passport of the project was <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/artificial-intelligence-federal-project-was-approved/">approved</a>.

 
 The work on the Concept of
the regulation of AI and robotics until 2024 was <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/concept-for-the-regulation-of-artificial-intelligence-and-robotics-until-2024-has-been-approved/">completed</a>. It determines the
main areas in the domestic regulation, which require improvement in the next
four years.

 
 Work is underway to
regulate the field of personal data. In particular, it was announced that the
relevant law could be amended to provide for a data anonymization mechanism. A
companion law to the law “on experimental legal regimes” has also been
developed. It will allow to collect and analyze data in order to create and
implement medical AI systems. The systems will be developed in accordance with
the national standard, the first version of which was also presented in August.

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<h2>
 Readiness of state-owned
companies to implement AI
</h2>

 
 The participation of the
government in the development of artificial intelligence is not limited to
regulation only. Several state-owned companies have announced their readiness
to use artificial intelligence for solving their problems.

 
 For example, the Federal
Agency on Press and Mass Communications (Rospechat’) proposed to the Ministry
of Telecom and Mass Communications creating a data service based on AI, which
will check the reliability of news. The Federal Service for Supervision of
Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) plans to
use AI to combat prohibited Internet content. The Federal Labor and Employment
Service (Rostrud)<a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/rostrud-creates-a-job-placement-system-using-ai/"> plans</a> to create a recommendation service for finding suitable
vacancies based on the “Jobs in Russia” database.

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<h2>
 Unmanned vehicles slowed
down
</h2>

 
 The issue of unmanned
vehicles regulation should have been clarified by the end of the summer - it
was expected that Vladimir Putin would consider a revised roadmap for the
introduction of this type of transport in Russia. Whether it happened or not is
unknown, but in any case, the previously determined time frames are shifted
again: tests of unmanned cars without drivers in Russia were <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/self-driving-car-testing-is-postponed-until-2021/">postponed</a> until
2021.

 
 Meanwhile, Yandex decided
not to wait until Russian law would allow driving on public roads without a
person driving, and <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/yandex-begins-testing-self-driving-cars-in-michigan/">starte</a>d to test self-driving cars in Michigan. The
legislation of the state allows to use cars without the a driver or engineer at
the wheel.

 
 According to the survey
conducted by NTI “Autonet”, 77% of adult Russians are ready to use unmanned
taxis as soon as they appear on public roads. ICT.Moscow <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/self-driving-taxis-are-more-expected-in-russia-than-in-the-usa/">compared</a> the data with
other studies in this area. The results are as follows:

<ul>
 <li>within one year, the readiness of Russians for
unmanned vehicles has grown significantly - from 60% to 77%;</li>
</ul>

<ul>
 <li>readiness for autonomous transport in Russia is
noticeably higher than in several other countries - for example, in the USA.</li>
</ul>

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<h2>
 Sberbank ecosystem’s
achievements
</h2>

 
 Self-driving vehicles have
yet to become a significant part of the ecosystems of Russian companies.
However, even without autonomous cars, the area is being developed quite
actively. Against this background, Sberbank could come into the spotlight on
the international arena in August.

 
 Earlier in August,
Sberbank <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/sberbank-was-named-the-best-bank-of-central-and-eastern-europe-for-innovation-in-digital-banking/">was named</a> the best bank in Central and Eastern Europe for digital
banking innovation. One of the projects for which the bank received the award
was its biometric facial recognition system. It is being implemented in the
company’s ATMs.

 
 VisionLabs, a part of the
Sberbank ecosystem that also develops face recognition algorithms, <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/visionlabs-was-ranked-first-in-nist-facial-recognition-algorithm-test/">took</a>&nbsp;first
place in the testing, that was conducted by the US National Institute of
Standards and Technology, for the third time. The purpose of testing was to
determine the most universal algorithms that can work in different application
scenarios.

 
 In August, ICT.Moscow
<a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/specific-features-of-russian-ecosystems/">studied</a> the development of the ecosystems of Sberbank and its main competitors,
Yandex and Mail.ru Group, since November 2019, and the role that AI <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/role-of-ai-in-the-development-of-the-largest-ecosystems/">plays</a> in
these ecosystems. Artificial intelligence-related publications about Sberbank were
published most often: 32 out of 86 publications included in the monitoring of
ecosystems were dedicated to this company (while 25 out of 81 materials were
about Yandex, and 18 out of 75 were related to Mail.ru Group).

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<h2>
 An increase in AI
mentions in the context of ecosystems and cities
</h2>

 
 At the end of July,
Yandex<a target="_blank" href="https://yandex.ru/company/researches/2020/ai-news"> published</a> a study on AI headlines over the past 10 years. ICT.Moscow
<a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/research-the-most-notable-in-ai-news-headlines-in-russia-over-the-past-10-years/">studied</a> Yandex data and identified several patterns. These trends are as
follows

<ul>
 <li>&nbsp;the most rapid growth in mentions of AI in headlines was
in 2016-2018. During that period, major players of the IT market, such as Sberbank
and Yandex, started to be actively mentioned in the news items;</li>
</ul>

<ul>
 <li>so far, 2020 shows a negative trend in AI mentions in the
news headlines (for the first time in 10 years);</li>
</ul>

<ul>
 <li>however, Moscow is mentioned much more often this year
than before (approximately a half of one thousand news items were from 2020),
and the capital is mentioned more often than other cities.</li>
</ul>

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 <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/ai-digest-august20/">Original (in Russian)</a>

Digest about AI in Russia: top news in August

Leadership of Russia according to Coursera and Mirosoft estimates,
commercial prospects of self-driving vehicles and other topics of the month - ICT.Moscow collected the most significant AI-related news of July in one digest.

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 Success of the Russian AI

 
 In July, Coursera <a target="_blank" href="https://www.coursera.org/gsi?ranMID=40328&amp;ranEAID=a1LgFw09t88&amp;ranSiteID=a1LgFw09t88-k7TyLSf8XEZbOeXVWZ9ZFA&amp;siteID=a1LgFw09t88-k7TyLSf8XEZbOeXVWZ9ZFA">published</a>&nbsp;a ranking of countries by the level of
training of IT specialists in different spheres. Russia was ranked first in two
out of three categories - “Technologies” and “Data Science”. Analysts named
Russia the country with the most highly-qualified specialists in software
development and working with data.

 
 As a part of the Global Pilots program for supporting
Russian startups, Microsoft Corporation has chosen the most notable artificial
intelligence projects. Their authors managed to reach an agreement on pilot
projects, establish contacts with international suppliers, start negotiations
with investment funds and receive grants.

<hr />
 
 High efficiency in medicine

 
 At the beginning of July it became known that
artificial intelligence algorithms had had<a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/over-150-thousand-radiology-images-were-processed-in-moscow-with-the-help-of-artificial-intelligence/"> processed</a> 150
thousand chest radiological scans in Moscow, mostly for diagnosing COVID-19. So
far, the technology has been available in 48
in-patient clinics and 193 polyclinics. At the beginning of the month it was announced that AI would process not only
CT scans, but also X-ray scans to diagnose other diseases. The service has been
connected to 17 Moscow medical facilities.

 
 Against this background, the level of trust to
the technology among patients is increasing. It is confirmed by studies
<a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/50-of-muscovites-positively-rate-the-use-of-ai-in-medicine/">conducted</a> by the Diagnostics and Telemedicine Center of the Moscow Healthcare
Department. The results are as follows:

<ul>
 <li>50% of Moscow residents positively assess the application of
AI in medicine</li>
</ul>

<ul>
 <li>80% of them called the use of the technology reasonable</li>
</ul>

<ul>
 <li>70%&nbsp; claimed that the
quality of medical health had improved.</li>
</ul>

<hr />
 
 AI is becoming more deeply-rooted in call centers

 
 Mango Telecom, Russian business telephony operator expanded the application
of artificial intelligence in call centers and launched a speech analytics
module to control the work of operators and to find out how actively they
promote goods or services.

 
 Neuro.net estimates that
63% of all center workers expect that AI will partially replace people in their
professional sphere. 13% of people are sure that AI will fully replace them.

<hr />
 
 Commercial prospects of self-driving vehicles

 
 At the beginning of July journalists of “RIA Novosti” filmed the
testing of Yandex.Rover, the company's autonomous delivery robot. ICT.Moscow
talked to the team of Yandex Self Driving Cars, and found out that the company uses Rovers in the streets of
Moscow on a regular basis to collect data and train machine learning
algorithms.

 
 In an interview
with ICT.Moscow, a representative of Yandex described where and under what
conditions the first commercial vehicles, both Rovers and
cars, would be introducted. The company noted that a phased plan for the introduction of the unmanned
vehicles in Russia would be further
developed. It will be submitted to the president in
August.

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 &nbsp; You can read the interview&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/an-interview-with-yandex-self-driving-dars-on-the-prospects-of-driverless-future/">here</a>
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 Other Russian companies are also developing self-driving transport. In mid-July, the unmanned truck “Kamaz” was launched on
the territory of the Innopolis University. In northern Russia, the testing of unmanned trucks continues: the
government of Ugra has signed an agreement with one of the oil-producing
enterprises about another experiment in this field.

 
 Also in July it became known about the plans of
the Russian Ministry of Transport and “Russian Railways” to test computer
vision technologies for unmanned trains at a virtual test site.

Leadership of Russia according to Coursera and Microsoft, continued government support for AI, other topics of the month.

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ICT.Moscow <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/overview-of-global-5g-use-cases-in-2021/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">published</a> an annual overview of monitoring the use of fifth generation communications in the world. 146 use cases from 30 countries were analyzed for the period from August 2020 to October 2021 inclusive.

 
 The overview includes both projects presented in the demo mode and practices, the testing of which has already begun within the pilots. All of them are divided into 9 functional areas: industry and energy, logistics and transport, entertainment and tourism, communications and connectivity, security, medicine, ecology and agriculture, commerce, education. The overview also analyzes technologies and field where 5G is implemented more often, including AI, VR/AR, robotics, edge computing, Internet of Things (IoT), Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X). The collected cases were announced in open sources from August 2020 to October 2021 inclusive.

 
 Key findings

 
 The geography of 5G application in the world is noticeably expanding — the largest number of use cases was found in China (22), followed by the UK (17th) and the US (16th), which have become more visible on the global landscape largely due to the activity of local operators. In countries where 5G networks had not been put into commercial operation at the time of the publication of the report (Russia, Belarus, Portugal, Argentina, Turkey, Ukraine, Malaysia), 5G-ready use cases were taken into account, that is, projects implemented in networks ready to work on 5G frequencies after their launch.

 
 The internal geography of 5G use cases is expanding — they are being actively implemented not only in capitals and megacities, but also in provincial regions and small towns.

 
 The key functional areas in which 5G use cases are being most actively implemented include industry and energy, logistics and transport, entertainment, security, communications and connectivity, medicine. The largest number of use cases have been found in manufacturing industry, where such scenarios are being developed as implementation at industrial facilities (at the level of infrastructure hubs), and equipment management. In the transport segment, among other things, technically complex cases were implemented: for example, providing communications for high-speed transport routes. In most areas, another trend is noticeable, with many new use cases having become more narrow-profile, that is, within the framework of one case, a narrower range of tasks is solved and a smaller range of technologies is used in addition to 5G.

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 The number of 5G&nbsp;use cases&nbsp;presented in the overreview, by functional areas
 

 
 AI and VR/AR are being used more actively than other technologies along with 5G. For AI solutions, 5G enables the continuous transmission of large amounts of data. This is especially true for manufacturing industry and transport (more than half of AI use cases are concentrated in these areas). Cases using VR/AR are distributed approximately evenly across all functional areas, including industry and transport, as well as the segments of entertainment and tourism, medicine, ecology and agriculture. For example, these technologies are used in 5G networks for staff training, seminars and remote meetings, as well as testing virtual games in the cloud.

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 Technologies and tech areas
mentioned in the descriptions of the use cases 
 

 
 Cities and states play a prominent role in the implementation of 5G use cases — 98 of the 146 cases reviewed involve city or state departments in one way or another, as well as companies with significant state participation (for example, Chinese telecom operators).

 
 Enterprises are actively using private 5G networks, with more than a quarter of the selected 5G use cases being implemented in private 5G networks. Usually, they are deployed by industrial enterprises — most projects in this direction were carried out precisely in private networks. However, such cases can also be found in the segments of transport, medicine, security, and agriculture.

 
 → <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/overview-of-global-5g-use-cases-in-2021/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Overview of Global 5G Use Cases in 2021</a>

<hr />
 
 This report was created as part of the ICT.Moscow special project <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/5g/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">“5G is already in Moscow”</a>.

 
 In 2020, ICT.Moscow <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/overview-new-5g-practices-in-the-world/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">published</a> an analysis of new 5G global use cases mentioned in the media in 2019-2020. The authors studied more than 60 use cases in 20 countries.

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ICT.Moscow: 5G is most frequently used with AI and VR/AR

Top tech stories from Moscow (January 17 — 28) 

<hr />
<h2>
 MARKET IN BRIEF
</h2>

 
 Main news about Moscow's projects, developers, technologies

 
 Rosatom to Present a Draft Roadmap for the Creation of a Quantum Internet in 2022 

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 In 2022, Rosatom will present a draft of the second roadmap for the development of quantum computing.

 
 The state corporation clarified that in the period from 2025 to 2030, the key tasks will be the creation of a common network of quantum computers in Russia. Later, on its basis, it is planned to create a “quantum Internet”. According to Ruslan Yunusov, head of the project office for quantum technologies at Rosatom, this network will speed up the performance of devices “by tens and hundreds of millions of times.”

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/rosatom-to-present-a-draft-roadmap-for-the-creation-of-a-quantum-internet-in-2022/" target="_blank">Read more →</a>

<hr />
 
 Other stories:

<ul>
 <li>Rostelecom to <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/rostelecom-to-test-5g-in-the-metro-of-moscow-st-petersburg-and-kazan/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Test</a> 5G in the Metro of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kazan  </li>
 <li>MTS, MegaFon, Beeline, Tele2 to <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/telecom-operators-to-enter-the-smart-electricity-metering-market/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Enter</a> the Smart Electricity Metering Market </li>
 <li>Rosatom <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/rosatom-plans-to-launch-a-virtual-operator/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Plans</a> to Launch a Virtual Operator  </li>
 <li>Sberbank <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/sberbank-named-best-bank-in-europe-for-its-interbank-payment-services/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Named</a> Best Bank in Europe for its Interbank Payment Services</li>
 <li>Bosch <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/bosch-integrates-the-solution-from-moscow-based-video-analytics-developer-videointellect-into-the-bvms-security-system/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Integrates</a> the Solution from  Moscow-Based Video Analytics Developer Videointellect into the BVMS Security System</li>
 <li>KORUS Consulting and Yandex.Cloud to <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/korus-consulting-and-yandex-cloud-to-jointly-create-cloud-solutions-for-global-companies/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jointly Create</a> Cloud Solutions for Global Companies</li>
</ul>

 
 

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 GOV AGENDA
 Russia to <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/russia-to-develop-a-national-standard-for-a-smart-homes/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Develop </a>a National Standard for Smart Homes
 Ministry of Digital Development <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/ministry-of-digital-development-considers-free-provision-of-frequencies-for-5g-to-operators/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Considers</a> Free Provision of Frequencies for 5G to Operators
 AI Developers to <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/ai-developers-to-get-access-to-departmental-databases-with-de-identified-data/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Get</a> Access to Departmental Databases with De-Identified Data
 Telecom Operators to <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/telecom-operators-to-combine-base-stations-into-a-single-network-to-cover-federal-lte-routes-by-2030/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Combine</a> Base Stations into a Single Network to Cover Federal LTE Routes by 2030
 </div>
 
 

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/" style="" target="_blank">More news →</a>

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<h2>
 INVESTMENT DEALS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS&nbsp;
</h2>

<ul>
 <li>X5 Group <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/x5-group-announces-140-digital-business-revenue-growth-in-2021/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Announces</a> 140% Digital Business Revenue Growth in 2021</li>
 <li>Yandex <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/yandex-plans-to-buy-bandlink-service/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Plans </a>to Buy BandLink Service</li>
 <li>Data Сenter Operator IXcellerate <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/data-senter-operator-ixcellerate-raises-190-million-to-expand-dpcs-in-moscow/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Raises</a> $190 Million to Expand DPCs in Moscow</li>
 <li>Moscow Accelerator's Alumni <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/moscow-accelerators-alumni-raise-over-12-9-million/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Raise</a> over $12.9 Million</li>
 <li>Data Сenter Operator IXcellerate <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/data-senter-operator-ixcellerate-raises-190-million-to-expand-dpcs-in-moscow/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Raises</a> $190 Million to Expand DPCs in Moscow</li>
 <li>Fura Service <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/fura-service-attracts-7-6-million-in-investment/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Attracts</a> $7.6 Million in Investment</li>
</ul>

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/?tags=investments%2Cdeals" target="_blank">Other news →</a> 

 
 

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<h2>
 LONGREAD
</h2>

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/new-video-analytics/" target="_blank">Eyes of Metropolis: How the New Scenarios Appear in Video Analytics</a>

 
 In November 2021, analysts from the Innovation Laboratory of the IT Department of the Moscow Government have studied global practices in the use of video surveillance and video analytics systems. Among other things, they analyzed the various areas where such systems are used today and identified seven main application scenarios, that is, six more in addition to security (for which such systems have traditionally been deployed in cities). The fact that video analytics systems are increasingly being used in the world to solve various problems is also indicated by other studies. According to IT company Surfshark, in 2020, more than half of all existing states (109 countries) have already used or approved facial recognition. In total, 194 states were studied by analysts.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/new-video-analytics/" target="_blank">Read the article →</a> 

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<h2>
 ANALYTICS AND INSIGHTS
</h2>

 
 researches, monitorings, reports and other analytics of Moscow and Russian IT market

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/video-surveillance-and-video-analytics-an-overview-of-international-practices/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Innovation Lab of the IT Department of Moscow Government</a>: Overview of international practices of video surveillance and video analytics → <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/mobile-traffics-share-in-russian-internet-is-up-83-in-2021/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SlickJump agency</a>: Mobile Traffic's Share in Russian Internet is up 83% in 2021 → <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/voice-traffic-in-moscow-metro-grows-by-21-over-the-year/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MTS</a>: Voice Traffic in Moscow Metro Grows by 21% over the Year →

 
 

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/" target="_blank">More analytics →</a> 

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<h2>
 DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FROM MOSCOW
</h2>

 
 a showcase of some video analytics solutions

<ul>
 <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/neurocam-supervisor/" target="_blank">Neurocam Supervisor</a></li>
</ul>

 
 Comprehensive video analytics solution based on face recognition technology 

<ul>
 <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/findface-multi/" target="_blank">FindFace Multi</a></li>
</ul>

 
 Multi-object video analytics platform 

<ul>
 <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/videointellect/" target="_blank">Videointellect</a></li>
</ul>

 
 Predictive analytics system 

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/cards/" target="_blank">More solutions →</a>

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<h2>
 KEY ACTORS
</h2>

 
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Analysts from the Innovation Laboratory of the IT Department of the Moscow Government <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/video-surveillance-and-video-analytics-an-overview-of-international-practices/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">have studied</a> the new practices of using video surveillance and video analytics systems in cities and countries in Asia, the Middle East, the USA, and Europe.

 
 They identified seven main areas where such systems are now used globally: security, education, transport, housing and communal services, healthcare, emergency services, and tourism. Separately, the experts considered new scenarios for using video analytics with drones. More than 30 practices in total, including:

<ul>
 <li>in Cannes, video analytics allows monitoring compliance with the rules for wearing masks and social distance;</li>
 <li>Beijing authorities use a face-scanning system in residential areas to control the separate collection of garbage;</li>
 <li>in Shanghai, such systems make it possible to simplify the procedure for checking passengers entering the salon of public transport;</li>
 <li>in Japan, technology can detect smoke and speed up the elimination of forest fires.</li>
</ul>

 
 The authors of the study have also presented:

<ul>
 <li>an analysis of approaches to the positioning of video surveillance, video analytics and the attitudes of residents in 21 locations, including New York, Chicago, London, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, etc.:</li>
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 <li>a map of information openness of the authorities of the studied locations in the field of video surveillance and video analytics:</li>
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 <li>approaches to regulating the use of these technologies in Portland, Baltimore, New York and Stockholm:</li>
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 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/analitiki-dit-moskvy-na-osnove-mirovogo-opyta-nazvali-osnovnye-stsenarii-primeneniia-videoanalitiki/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

IT Department of Moscow Government

Overview: How Video Surveillance and Video Analytics are Used and Positioned in the World

The demand for smart urban video surveillance and its development

Eyes of Metropolis: How the New Scenarios Appear in Video Analytics

Top tech stories from Moscow (December 13 — January 14) 

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 MARKET IN BRIEF
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 Main news about Moscow's projects, developers, technologies

 
 5G Test Site Launched on the Basis of Botkin Hospital in Moscow 

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 The first 5G industrial test site began operating on the basis of the Botkin Hospital in Moscow. Its infrastructure is deployed in the millimeter wavelength range. The project includes healthcare technologies and services for which high speed of collection, processing and transmission of large amounts of data is important.

 
 “We are interested in the possibilities of using augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) technologies in surgery, ensuring fast transfer of volumetric files obtained during instrumental studies between organizations and other areas that can improve the quality of medical care in the city,” explained Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow r Social Development.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/5g-test-site-launched-on-the-basis-of-botkin-hospital-in-moscow/" target="_blank">Read more →</a>

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 What Awards Did Moscow Receive in 2021 in the Field of Technology and Digitalization?

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 In 2021, Moscow has received several awards in the field of technology and digitalization. So, at the end of 2021, the capital received the Runet Prize. Among the laureates are the digital ecosystem of Moscow and the Russpass travel service.

 
 In November, Moscow took first place in the ESG Governance category of the European Cities of the Future: ESG Innovation Index. The compilers of the rating assessed the city's higher education system, the introduction of innovations in various spheres of life and acceleration programs for startups in Moscow.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/what-awards-did-moscow-receive-in-2021-in-the-field-of-technology-and-digitalization/" target="_blank">Read more →</a>

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 Other stories:

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 <li>Testing of Driverless Cars in Moscow <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/testing-of-driverless-cars-in-moscow-may-start-in-february/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">May Start</a> in February 2022</li>
 <li>MTS <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/mts-announces-conducted-uplink-aggregation-tests-on-5g-virtual-infrastructure/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Announces</a> Conducted Uplink Aggregation Tests on 5G Virtual Infrastructure</li>
 <li>Telegram <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/telegram-bypasses-whatsapp-in-terms-of-mobile-traffic-growth-in-moscow/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bypasses</a> WhatsApp in Terms of Mobile Traffic Growth in Moscow</li>
 <li>CODD <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/codd-digitizes-more-than-6-thousand-km-of-moscow-streets/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Digitizes </a>More than 6 Thousand km of Moscow Streets</li>
 <li>Technopolis Moscow <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/technopolis-moscow-tops-the-national-rating-of-sez-investment-attractiveness/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Tops </a>the National Rating of SEZ Investment Attractiveness</li>
 <li>Moscow <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/moscow-tests-multitransport-service/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Tests</a> MultiTransport Service</li>
 <li>Moscow to <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/moscow-to-lainch-a-pilot-project-for-purchases-using-facepay/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Launch </a>a Pilot Project for Purchases Using FacePay</li>
 <li>University Quantum Network <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/university-quantum-network-launched-in-moscow/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Launched </a>in Moscow</li>
 <li>Ericsson <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/ericsson-considers-opening-its-own-plant-of-5g-base-stations-in-russia/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Considers </a>Opening its own Plant of 5G Base Stations in Russia</li>
 <li>Sberbank and AIRI <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/sberbank-and-airi-win-internaional-contest-nethack-challenge-for-ai-training-project/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Win </a>International Contest NetHack Challenge for AI Training Project</li>
 <li>Foreign Сompanies <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/foreign-sompanies-invest-over-15-billion-in-russian-technology-parks/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Invest</a> over $15 billion in Russian Technology Parks</li>
 <li>Russia <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/russia-takes-11th-place-by-the-number-of-technology-patents-in-2021/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Named </a>World's 11th Country by the Number of Technology Patents in 2021</li>
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 GOV AGENDA
 State Duma <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/russian-state-duma-adopts-a-bill-on-biometric-data/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Adopts </a>a Bill on Biometric Data
 Russian Regulator to <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/russian-regulator-to-expand-the-range-for-5g-networks-in-million-plus-cities/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Expand </a>the Range for 5G Networks in Million-Plus Cities
 FAS to <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/fas-to-assess-marketplaces-regarding-fair-access/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Assess </a>Marketplaces Regarding Fair Access
 Russia <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/ministry-of-digital-development-announces-russias-plans-to-enter-the-global-market-of-quantum-technologies-by-2030/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Plans </a>to Enter Global Market of Quantum Technologies by 2030
 Real Estate Digital Services to be <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/real-estate-digital-services-to-be-connected-to-the-state-rental-accounting-platform/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Connected </a>to the State Rental Accounting Platform
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 VC, IPO AND OTHER DEALS&nbsp;
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 <li>Yandex <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/yandex-closes-the-deal-to-buy-a-share-of-uber-in-its-services/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Closes</a> the Deal to Buy a Share of Uber in its Services</li>
 <li>Kismet Capital Group <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/kismet-capital-group-acquires-100-of-russian-towers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acquires </a>100% of Russian Towers</li>
 <li>Rostec and ER-Telecom <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/rostec-and-er-telecom-buy-out-a-controlling-stake-in-akado/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Buy </a>out a Controlling Stake in Akado</li>
 <li>Online School Kodland <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/online-school-kodland-raises-9-million-in-investment/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Raises </a>$9 Million in Investment</li>
 <li>Softline <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/softline-acquires-85-of-it-academy/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acquires </a>85% of IT Academy</li>
 <li>NUTSon Service <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/nutson-service-raises-6-million-for-international-development/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Raises </a>$6 Million for International Development</li>
 <li>CarMoney <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/carmoney-heads-to-ipo-in-2022/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Heads </a>to IPO in 2022</li>
 <li>MTS to <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/mts-to-acquire-facial-recognition-system-developer-visionlabs/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acquire </a>Facial Recognition System Developer VisionLabs</li>
 <li>Sberbank to <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/sberbank-to-sell-part-of-its-ecosystem-within-two-years/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sell </a>Part of its Ecosystem within Two Years</li>
 <li>Positive Technologies <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/positive-technologies-enters-the-moscow-exchange/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Enters </a>the Moscow Exchange</li>
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 LONGREAD
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 Innovation Explained: a View on Current Innovative Processes 

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 Recent years have shown how important the role of innovation is becoming. Large corporations are rebuilding their businesses, and the world's megacities are actively testing and implementing new technologies in order to significantly improve the quality of life for people and open up new opportunities for them.

 
 Metaverses, which should become the next platforms of the future both for companies and for actively developing cities, are among the hottest topics today. However, whether they will become a part of the global innovative process or a short-term trend is still an open question.

 
 However, there is still no common understanding of what innovation is. Could a technology or its implementation be an innovation? What environment is favorable for innovative activity and what does it depend on?

 
 ICT.Moscow discussed these issues with those who are engaged in innovations today and tried to figure out what defines innovative activity in the industry, how the COVID-19 pandemic affected it, and what direction it will develop further.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/what-is-innovation/" target="_blank">Read the full article →</a>

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 ANALYTICS AND INSIGHTS
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 researches, monitorings, reports and other analytics of Moscow and Russian IT market

<ul>
 <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/global-innovation-index-2021/" target="_blank">WIPO: Global Innovation Index 2021 →</a></li>
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 The World Intellectual Property Organization has released a global innovation index containing the results of a comparative analysis of the innovation systems of 132 countries and their ranking by the level of innovative development.

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 <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/smart-centres-index-3/" target="_blank">Z/YEN: Smart Centres Index 3 →</a></li>
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 The SCI focuses on centres in relation to their approach to and delivery of innovation and technology, including Science, Energy Systems, Machine Learning, Distributed Ledgers, and Fintech, along with other applications.

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 <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/vulnerabilities-in-log4j-2/" target="_blank">DR. WEB: Vulnerabilities in Log4j 2 →</a></li>
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 Doctor Web is drawing users’ attention to the need to observe protective measures. The library is used for logging in Java projects and is part of the Apache Logging Project. Vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on the system and cause a Denial of Service or disclose confidential information.

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 DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FROM MOSCOW
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 a showcase of some Moscow-based smart city and GovTech solutions from <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/smartcitymoscow/" target="_blank">Smart City Moscow</a> special project. 

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 <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/smartcitymoscow/case/city-video-surveillance-system/" target="_blank">City Video Surveillance System</a></li>
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 An effective control tool in housing and communal services and landscaping, which ensures security in the city.

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 <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/smartcitymoscow/case/moscow-e-government-business-services/" target="_blank">Moscow E-government Business Services</a></li>
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 200 electronic services for legal entities and individual entrepreneurs are available on the official portal of the Moscow Mayor and Moscow Government.

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 <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/smartcitymoscow/case/mymoscowapp/" target="_blank">My Moscow</a></li>
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 The mobile app is a new dimension of comfort in edge-cutting technologies accelerating access to the public services enabling live consultations with city authorities.

 
 

 
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