Review of CityTech services landscape worldwide and particularly in Moscow

ICT.Moscow

CityTech: a fresh approach to digital services for residents of big cities

Smart assistants in Russia: market overview, trends and prospects

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    ICT.Moscow jointly with the Moscow Government launches the <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/smartcitymoscow/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Smart City Moscow</a> section. It includes information on 68 Moscow projects in the field of "smart cities",  which is published in English for the first time. Project include <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/smartcitymoscow/case/5g-demo-center/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">5G Demo Center,</a> <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/smartcitymoscow/case/experimental-legal-regime-in-the-field-of-ai/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">an experimental legal regime in the field of AI</a>, <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/smartcitymoscow/case/analysis-of-radiology-images-using-ai" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">analysis of radiological images using AI</a> and others. 
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    All projects are divided into the following "smart city" categories: human and social capital, digital government, urban environment, urban economy, end-to-end technologies, digital technologies and communications. Each project includes description, key results, and an indication of relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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    The following materials are also included in the section:&nbsp;
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    <li>a selection of more than 600 open data sets on urban infrastructure facilities</li>
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    <li>more than 30 sets of data collected by the Department of Prospective Projects of the IT Department of Moscow Government according to ISO37120 and U4SSC international standards</li>
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    <li>news, research, monitoring, reports and other "smart city" analytics</li>
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    This section will be useful for foreign companies, governments and analysts to study the Moscow practices and look for new ideas for their projects. The section will be regularly updated in the future.&nbsp;
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    <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/na-ict-moscow-dostupen-pervyi-angloiazychnyi-katalog-moskovskikh-reshenii-smart-city/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>
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ICT.Moscow launches the first English-language catalog of Moscow smart city solutions

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    An international version of the blockchain tech base<a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/blockchain/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> has become available</a> at ICT.Moscow. The new section presents 52 Russian practices of technology application in various fields. Practices of the Federal Tax Service of Russia, Sberbank, Norilsk Nickel, the Moscow Government, Rostelecom, Kaspersky Lab, Russian Railways, S7 Airlines, M.Video, Megafon and others are included in the section.<br>
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    For ease of study, all practices are divided into several categories: FinTech, Public sector, Industry and Energy, Logistics and Transport, Retail, MedTech, E-document flow, EdTech, HR-Tech, Real estate and other. Most of the cases are presented in the areas of FinTech - 16 and Public sector - 13.<br>
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    Cards with descriptions of blockchain solutions developed by Moscow developers, and market analytics are also available in the new section.
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    Project will be useful for analysts and smart city experts, as well as developers of blockchain projects to find new scenarios and partnerships. In the future, the blockchain tech base will be regularly updated with new cases.<br>
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    <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/na-ict-moscow-zapushchena-mezhdunarodnaia-versiia-bazy-znanii-o-blokcheine/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>
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Tech base contains 52 Russian cases of technology application

ICT.Moscow opens up free access to a blockchain tech base with Russian practices aimed at a variety of industry verticals

Most notable events in the field of foreign and Russian AI regulation

Results of 2020: time for detailed regulation of artificial intelligence

International and Russian experts on the concept of a "smart city" today and what role technology plays in it

How Smart City is defined in the world today

Overview of the world experience in the implementation of the concept of Mobility-as-a-Service and the prospects for its development

The route is built: prospects for the development of MaaS in Moscow and other megacities of the world

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    Russian experts discussed 5G development trends of the Russian market and the improvement of communications infrastructure for the implementation of 5G networks during <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gsmathrive.com/eurasia">GSMA Thrive Eurasia</a> conference held on November 11-12. ICT.Moscow has collected the key points of this discussion in one article.
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            <p>According to <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/research/mobilnaia-ekonomika-rossiia-i-sng-2020/">GSMA</a> forecasts, by 2025 there will be more than 50 million 5G connections in the CIS region, or 13% of the total number of connections. The investments of operators in infrastructure deployment until 2025 are estimated at $25 billion, 57%  of which will be focused on 5G.</p>
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    During his speech at The Next Stage for Technology opening section, MTS President Alexey Kornya specified several trends which emerged due to a new technological rearrangement - the transition to 5G networks. According to the expert, in the future 5G technologies will have an increasing impact on the development of the country’s economy as a whole, and any lag will lead to a lag in the overall technological development. “2G, 3G, 4G are about the consumer segment, and the transition to 5G and the new rearrangement will have a greater impact on the economy and industry”, - Kornya said.
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    The second challenge which the expert mentioned was the chains that appeared with the emergence of 5G and the new technological wave. “From the state to the corporations, there is a completely different level of security and requirements for localization. That is why technologies based on open architecture and open source are becoming more important”, - Kornya explained. The third element concerns the Internet of Things.
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                    The main consumers will be not people, but devices. These are hundreds of billions of devices in our market alone. All of these things are based on 5G communications. It is much broader than just a communication technology. A huge number of technologies are emerging alongside 5G, but all of them are closely connected, and the speed at which these technologies are deployed is important.
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    New requirements for ethical and responsible business conduct are the fourth area that emerges with the new technological wave. It concerns both security of personal data and security of the services offered, Kornya noted. Gevork Vermishyan, CEO of Megafon, also agreed with the expert and also specified another couple of emerging trends: robotization, which is actively developing in business processes, and Cloud RAN Edge.
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                    Base stations on tubular masts and roof constructions will be only radio-based: there will only be antennas and a base station controller, and all the computing power will be stored in data centers. This trend will come. This will allow to quickly deploy light RAN solutions, and heavy computing will be done in data centers. This will require significant investments in transport, because the base station will have to be connected to data control centers with optical fiber. There will be a great need for data centers and racks.
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                                    Gevork Vermishyan
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    Edge Cloud will indeed be one of the main challenges, agrees Alexey Kornya from MTS.
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                    For Internet players it is becoming a big challenge how to further implement solutions, as they are developing in Edge. Edge Cloud is one of the key challenges. Either telecom will become the driver, or Internet players will invest in infrastructure, bringing their infrastructure closer to the client. Cloud technologies and their development in Russia are still at an early stage. This is one of the highest potentials.
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    Gevork Vermishyan from Megafon also mentioned the state’s trend towards localization.
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                    One of the trends in our state, and I support it, is the localization of 5G equipment. And there is a principle, according to which regulatory restrictions on the products of international vendors will stimulate the development of our own technologies. It is quite possible that we will be ready to buy and test local equipment and base stations made in Russia. But, of course, considering our long-standing reputation, we will do this under two conditions. The first is economic conditions. The second is the quality characteristics.
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                                    Gevork Vermishyan
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    The representative of another telecom operator, Beeline, Valery Shorzhin, Executive Vice-President for Technological Development, speaking at Building the Future section, highlighted the need to simplify access to infrastructure and outlined new opportunities for 5G communication.
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                    If we are talking about 5G, we cannot speak only about a new radio access technology. It is more than that. It is a network built on the Cloud architecture, which (from the consumer’s perspective) provides an opportunity to adapt networks to a specific consumer, slicing and other technological innovations. On the other hand, we, as operators, count on the new categories of consumers that do not exist now.
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                                    Valery Shorzhin
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    5G communications will also have a significant impact on the appearance of Moscow. For about a year and a half Moscow IT department has been working on urban communication aesthetics. According to the Adviser of Deputy Director of the Department of Information Technologies of Moscow Evgeny Novikov, a lot has been achieved during this period.
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            <p>Currently the city has about 90 thousand base stations of all standards. After the introduction of 5G networks this number will increase by 3-5 times.</p>
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                    In particular, a competition was held and a concept for the deployment of communication infrastructure was developed, and the working groups were formed. The concept is aimed at preserving the image of the city while developing the communications infrastructure.
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                    The developed concept includes several key principles. The first is to minimize costs for telecom operators. It is important to take into account CapEx, the requirements for modernization and restructuring of equipment. The second principle is a phased implementation. We took into account the experience of other cities and developed the rules for the implementation of the concept, bearing in mind a phased transition. The provisions of the document may be adjusted. And the third principle is to preserve the quality of communication that is now available in Moscow.
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                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Adviser of Deputy Director of the Department of Information Technologies of Moscow</p>
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    The expert also said that the concept included classification of requirements for communication equipment. “There are base stations that do not need any changes and those that need minimal adjustment. And only 10-15% of stations that telecom operators and infrastructure companies will need to improve”, - explained Evgeny Novikov. According to the expert, the zones where the communication object is located in the city (cultural heritage object, bedroom suburb, other zones), and buildings on which or close to which the communication object is located (historical and non-historical) will be taken into account.
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    The changes will include both the reduction in the size of the equipment, the unloading of antenna-mast structures, dual-purpose poles and their location adjustment, and also camouflaging. In addition, equipment marking is also provided, it will contribute to making managerial decisions in the development of communications in Moscow, the representative of the IT department explains.
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                    Currently the normative legal acts elaboration is in progress. In the near future we plan to determine pilot zones. By the end of next year we will begin to implement the concept on an industrial scale.
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    Moscow is interested in the development of 5G networks. Some time ago, work was initiated to assess the security of fifth generation networks. This was discussed on the second day of the conference.
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            <p>According to&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.gsma.com/newsroom/all-documents/achieving-russias-5g-goals">GSMA</a>&nbsp;estimates, 5G will account for about 20% of connections in Russia by 2025. This figure would be much higher if the state adopted international safety rules for the radio frequency spectrum, analysts say.</p>
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    According to Tatiana Sedykh, a representative of the DIT of Moscow, the work in this area takes place in three stages and involves the collection and analysis of data, the creation of laboratory facilities and conducting research.
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    According to the expert, at the first two stages a comparative analysis was carried out to assess the levels of electromagnetic fields created by existing and future mobile telephone communication systems in places of residence of the population in six Moscow microdistricts. Moreover, laboratory measurements were carried out, requirements for the laboratory base for research were developed and the research program was developed. Now, during the third stage, full-scale measurements of electromagnetic fields are being carried out, mathematical models of exposure conditions are being developed, and data analysis is being conducted, the representative of the DIT of Moscow explained.
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                    The laboratory facility created during the second stage consists of a complete set of equipment: 2G, 3G, 4G and, of course, 5G. Independent experts have confirmed the readiness of our laboratory base for studying 5G security. Now we are at the third stage and plan to get results already in the first quarter of 2021.
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                            <p class="quote-owner__description">The Department of Information Technologies of Moscow</p>
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    During the discussion, which took place in the 5G electromagnetic fields and Health section, representatives of telecom companies also complained about the difficult and lengthy process of obtaining permits for the deployment of new base stations.
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                    The process is logical and understandable - documents will be received consistently. But at each stage we face a situation that requires additional study, additional approvals, recalculations. This is a large analytical work aimed at obtaining the optimal solution for the deployment of the base station. We must take into account both the development of networks and the quality of communication and at the same time not violate the requirements of sanitary rules. [...] In general, it takes from six months to a year to put a base station on the air.
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    The DIT of Moscow is aware of the situation, Sedykh explains. Therefore, the department plans to create an automated system for coordinating the functioning of transmitting radio engineering objects in Moscow. According to the expert, this will help to improve the process of collecting, storing and processing information of telecom equipment deployed on the territory of Moscow. “The system will simplify the information interaction for the process participants and reduce the time needed to search for and provide the necessary information. It will resemble submitting an application electronically via mos.ru”, - the representative of the DIT of Moscow explained.
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    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/gsma-thrive-eurasia-trendy-i-razvitie-infrastruktury-sviazi-dlia-5g/">Original (in Russian)</a>
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ICT.Moscow highlights the discussion during the conference

GSMA Thrive Eurasia: trends and development of communications infrastructure for 5G in Russia

Machine learning developers explain how LO-shot can revolutionize the field

Longread: will LO-shot revolutionize machine learning?

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    ICT.Moscow has expanded the functionality of the Russian-language knowledge base on artificial intelligence (AI).
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    After updating, two new sections became available: an open catalog of solutions from Moscow developers and a daily updated news feed. The site also features the latest Russian and foreign AI practices (almost 700). In addition to news, solutions and practices, the portal publishes job vacancies, analytics, events, datasets for developers and other useful information.
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    The goal of the project is to help find new ideas and scenarios for the use of artificial intelligence.&nbsp;
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    There are already other foreign online resources in the world collecting data on regulation, standardization of AI, including <a target="_blank" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/ai/">Artificial Intelligence for the American People</a> in the USA, <a target="_blank" href="https://ec.europa.eu/knowledge4policy/ai-watch_en">Knowledge for policy: AI Watch</a> in Europe, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.baai.ac.cn/en">Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence</a> in China, <a target="_blank" href="https://indiaai.gov.in/">India AI</a> in India and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.aisingapore.org/industryinnovation/aiap/">AI Apprenticeship Program</a> in Singapore.
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    The Moscow AI Knowledge Base was created to share experiences within the business community and accelerate the development of information infrastructure of Moscow.
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    The Russian-language version is available here: <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/">https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/</a>
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    In early summer, the ICT.Moscow portal presented an <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/ai/">international version of the knowledge base</a>, where foreign companies can study the practices from Russia.
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    The AI knowledge base was launched by ICT.Moscow in February with the support form the Moscow Department of Information Technologies and is being completed jointly with Russian developers of AI projects. At the end of April, the practices of using AI to combat the spread of COVID-19 started to be published in the database.
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    At the end of August, it was <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/trust-in-ai-will-be-increased-through-the-media-and-social-networks-in-russia/">announced</a> that a national online portal about artificial intelligence could be created in Russia. It can feature, among other things, regulatory initiatives and standards in this field.
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    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/ict-moscow-predstavil-proobraz-edinogo-onlain-portala-ob-iskusstvennom-intellekte/">Original (in Russian)</a>
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Moscow presented the prototype of the Russian online portal about artificial intelligence

Volkova Nataliya, Senior project manager of Analytics Department at the IT Department of Moscow Government about the application of predictive analytics and decision support systems in Moscow’s services and systems.

Predictive Analytics and Decision Support Systems: Applications for Smart City

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    In late 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">had signed</a> a new agreement to cooperate on research and development of artificial intelligence. It provides for the promotion of research in the field of AI, the creation of an ecosystem of developments in this area, as well as opposing the use of such developments by authoritarian-repressive regimes.<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
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    <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 of the United States of America and the United Kingdom on Cooperation in AI  Research and Development</a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
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    ICT.Moscow gathered the opinions of representatives of domestic companies on the possible impact of this event on the development of AI in Russia.<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
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    Impact on the industry: barriers or opportunities?&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    The agreement between the United States and Great Britain could potentially negatively affect Russian developers of AI solutions, believes Alexander Tyulkanov of the Skolkovo Foundation. The expert draws attention to the provision of the document that these countries plan to oppose the use of artificial intelligence technologies by "authoritarian-repressive regimes."&nbsp;&nbsp;<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
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                    It seems that any assessment of a particular regime as authoritarian or repressive is inevitably subjective. Therefore, such provisions of the Declaration can be used to protect the economic interests of the United States and Great Britain in relations not only with the generally recognized repressive regimes like North Korea, but also with other countries. First of all, with China. Taking this into account, and in the context of the topic “the threat of Russian hackers” that is constantly spread in the foreign press, Russian developers and exporters could potentially suffer as well.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    Andrey Neznamov from Sberbank is more optimistic and notes that the signing of this agreement will practically not affect domestic developers.<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
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                    In the case of the US and UK act, everything looks quite promising. But this is unlikely to have a direct impact on Russian companies. Indirectly, it may mean that foreign companies can get several small but important advantages over Russian ones.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Andrey Neznamov" src="https://ict.moscow/static/e2231f5c-17ce-56a9-8be7-ac2b549ecb8b.jpg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    <a href="https://www.facebook.com/avneznamov" target="_blank">
                                    Andrey Neznamov
                                    </a>
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Executive Director of the Center of Data Research for Government Agencies at Sberbank</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    Alexander Korobkov, CEO of Macroscop, believes that "cooperation at the state level can potentially become a support for certain market players, as well as introduce a number of restrictions for others." However, he emphasizes that for an objective assessment of the situation, it is necessary to know the context and details of this agreement, which have not yet been published.<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    In the absence of this information, all other things being equal, I do not see any threats or any benefit from this agreement for Russian IT companies. The field of information technology is international. Cooperation at the business level proceeds independently of any interstate agreements. As in any business, regardless of geography, choosing a particular product, customers will focus on the quality of the product, ease of use, cost and the ability to get technical support.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Alexander Korobko" src="https://ict.moscow/static/52ee8ec0-805e-5ff9-b275-919e5cc1d68d.jpg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    <a href="https://www.facebook.com/koravl" target="_blank">
                                    Alexander Korobko
                                    </a>
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">CEO of&nbsp;Macroscop</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    This kind of agreement will not become a barrier to the export of Russian solutions, says Oleg Kivokurtsev, co-founder of Promobot. He believes that this is primarily about fundamental research in the field of artificial intelligence, and this kind of international research groups is a frequent practice, as a result of which, thanks to the difference in the approaches of scientists, unique solutions appear.&nbsp;<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    Since the agreement is based on research objectives, the cooperation itself includes interaction between laboratories, universities and other research institutions. Accordingly, grants will be allocated for these developments, which research groups will master. As a result, technologies that can be used on the market&nbsp;will appear, having&nbsp; a positive effect on competition in this area, both in Russia and in the world.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Oleg Kivokurtsev" src="https://ict.moscow/static/4212dfb7-bcfd-5011-a7b9-15a7759d75b2.jpg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    <a href="https://www.facebook.com/oleg.kivokurtsev" target="_blank">
                                    Oleg Kivokurtsev
                                    </a>
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">CBDO and Founder at Promobot</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    Vladimir Arlazarov, Head of Smart Engines, also agrees with Kivokurtsev. Such agreements will have a positive effect on the regulation of the use of technology, he believes.<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    I believe that such agreements and the expansion of multinational contacts will only benefit the development of science and technology related to artificial intelligence. In addition, it can accelerate the equalization of legal regulations for the use of AI technologies, which will have a positive impact on sales.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Vladimir Arlazarov" src="https://ict.moscow/static/dc06dd93-d001-576d-865b-fd806d4fec56.jpg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vladimir.arlazarov" target="_blank">
                                    Vladimir Arlazarov
                                    </a>
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">CEO at Smart Engines, Ph.D.</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
<h2>
    Russia in the international AI arena
</h2>

    <p>
    In August, the Concept for the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics until 2024 (hereinafter - the Concept) was approved in Russia. Alexander Tyulkanov from the Skolkovo Foundation was among the developers of the concept. According to him, the authors of this document, among other things, proceeded from the need to defend Russia's interests in the field of AI at the international level.<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    The Declaration [between the US and the UK] is neither the only nor the most significant international document in this area. Obviously, some problems, including standardization in the field of artificial intelligence technologies, as well as harmonization of approaches to humanitarian-oriented regulation of the use of these technologies, can only be solved together, with the help of international organizations, such as ISO, UNESCO, the Council of Europe. As part of their work on the relevant documents, there is now an objective opportunity to take into account the interests of developers, including Russian and Russia can and should take advantage of this opportunity.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Alexander Tyulkanov" src="https://ict.moscow/static/09fa2ea1-5c3f-59db-b9b5-7354b61a9652.jpg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alexander.tyulkanov/" target="_blank">
                                    Alexander Tyulkanov
                                    </a>
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Deputy Department Director for the Regulation of Cyberphysical Systems and Big Data at Skolkovo Foundation</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    Andrei Neznamov from Sberbank, who also participated in the development of the Concept, also recalls that this is not the first case of local unification of countries for the development of AI, but it cannot be said that the declarations gave any special impetus, the expert says. Meanwhile, Neznamov emphasizes that such agreements are beneficial to the development of technologies.<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    Even if the agreement remains merely a formality, this brings AI to the state and public agenda for a while. If the documents signed are working agreements, then they are able to give a serious competitive advantage to the members of the union. I am convinced that Russia should strive to form similar intercountry partnerships and agreements.&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Andrey Neznamov" src="https://ict.moscow/static/600540f2-222f-522c-b063-8c797b0e0c59.jpg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    <a href="https://www.facebook.com/avneznamov" target="_blank">
                                    Andrey Neznamov
                                    </a>
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Executive Director of the Center of Data Research for Government Agencies at Sberbank</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    All this is consonant with the opinion of Vladimir Averbakh from Sberbank. Speaking at CIPR-2020 as part of the session "What will be the development of artificial intelligence in Russia?", the expert noted that one of the new trends now is the international regulation of AI. The topic&nbsp; of AI and the question of the operation of autonomous systems is raised everywhere, including Council of Europe, UNESCO, Averbach noted. According to him, Russia does not have much time to declare itself on the international artificial intelligence arena.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    We have a window of opportunity of 2-3 years when we are in an equal starting situation with the rest of the world. The topic is new, the race is underway, but at the moment there are no superprincipled lags. And we need to use the window of 2-3 years at maximum power.&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Vladimir Averbakh" src="https://ict.moscow/static/812f0ad7-cdc7-532c-8420-7e83cbabd6ae.jpg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vladimir.averbakh.5" target="_blank">
                                    Vladimir Averbakh
                                    </a>
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Head of the Center of Data Research for Government Agencies at Sberbank</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/reaktsiia-otrasli-sotrudnichestvo-stran-v-oblasti-ii/">Original (in Russian)</a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a><a></a>
</p>

Representatives of Russian companies on the possible impact of the US-UK cooperation on the development of AI in Russia.

Global AI: Russian experts on country cooperation in artificial intelligence

Experts on the peculiarities of the development and consumption of IT solutions in the field of culture and tourism

Technologies in tourism and culture: prospects of the platforms and the impact of COVID-19

    <p>
    On Tuesday ICT.Moscow <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/specific-features-of-russian-ecosystems/">published </a>a
review of the development areas of three ecosystems: Yandex, Sberbank and Mail.ru Group. The monitoring includes the analysis
of 242 publications from November 2019 to August 2020. One of the conclusions
of the review was the fact that the areas for development of such business
model are defined by the specialization of the parent company, around which the
ecosystem is built.
</p>
    <p>
    There was a significant number of publications dedicated to the use
of artificial intelligence, as well as on voice assistants, robotics and
unmanned vehicles. Sberbank has about 32 mentions of different AI technologies
out of 86 publications included in the monitoring, Yandex - 25 out of 81,
Mail.ru Group - 18 out of 75.
</p>
    <p>
    The most common areas of AI use include<b> voice assistants</b> and <b>other
speech processing and synthesis system</b>s,<b> unmanned vehicles</b>, and <b>biometric
systems</b>.
</p>
<h2>
    Sberbank: joint development of AI
</h2>

    <p>
    Sberbank was mentioned for<b> joint work with other companies</b>: either
within the framework of the joint venture (Cognitive Pilot, Mail.ru Group), or
in the context of the companies included in its ecosystem (MDG, VisionLabs).
However, Sberbank<b> began to develop its own practices for working with AI</b>. This
is also due to the launch of the Christophari supercomputer: in March its AI
Cloud platform was certified to work with personal data.
</p>
    <p>
    During the pandemic, Sberbank was on the agenda more frequently:
from March to July inclusive, 11 publications related to coronavirus were
found. Artificial intelligence was mentioned in 5 cases. The company also&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/sberbank-has-launched-a-free-service-for-recognizing-ct-images/">developed</a> its own AI model for diagnosing COVID-19 and provided the regions
with free access to it.
</p>
    <p>
    Currently, voice assistants are the main segment of AI, which is
practically not covered by Sberbank (as demonstrated by the materials found).
The ecosystem of the bank includes Speech Technology Center (STC), which is
developing solutions in the field of natural language processing (NLP), but
Sberbank still does not have its own analogue of Alice or Marusya.
</p>
    <p>
    But the company is actively developing self-driving vehicles, working
in two areas at once. One is <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/cognitive-pilot/">Cognitive Pilot,</a> a joint venture with Cognitive
Technologies, which was announced in November. It took the companies only six
months to begin the industrial implementation of unmanned systems in
agricultural machinery. The second direction of work is the company’s own
development, and nothing is known about it yet, only the fact that the company
carries out the corresponding development activities.
</p>
<h2>
    Yandex: working in all directions
</h2>

    <p>
    Yandex, on the other hand, develops its own AI projects, rarely
getting involved in joint ventures. In 2020, the company <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/yandex-announced-the-division-of-assets-with-sberbank/">concluded</a> partnership
with Sberbank and reorganized Yandex.Money and Yandex.Market services. However,
there are exceptions: Yandex and NVIDIA announced joint support for AI startups
in their acceleration programs.
</p>
    <p>
    In general, the <b>company strives to scale its developments and
services independently</b>. For example, Yandex <a target="_blank" href="https://www.world-today-news.com/yandex-cloud-launched-a-service-for-developers-in-the-field-of-machine-learning-yandex-datasphere-editorial-material/">launched</a>&nbsp;a cloud-based framework
for developing machine learning models last year. It was is aimed at involving
third-party developers in their own ecosystem, a significant part of which is
built on artificial intelligence technologies.
</p>
    <p>
    Today Yandex<b> carries out development work in every area of AI. </b>There
were not many noticeable news items about the voice assistant “Alice” - two
publications were selected as part of the monitoring. In November 2019, the
assistant first learned to speak a foreign language - Turkish. And at the
beginning of the year, the developer integrated Alice even deeper into its own
ecosystem and added the ability to call Yandex.Taxi with its help.
</p>
    <p>
    However,&nbsp; the main area of work, according to the head
of the company Arkady Volozh, is <b>driverless vehicles</b>. From November 2019 to
August 2020, there were at least 9 important news items for the company in two
areas of drones development. The first was self-driving cars (the fourth
generation was introduced, and the company’s cars entered the world top-3 in
terms of mileage). The second was the robotic courier Yandex.Rover, which was
announced to be tested in November, and in April it was already put into
commercial operation at Skolkovo.
</p>
<h2>
    Mail.ru
Group: AI
through social networks
</h2>

    <p>
    In terms of developing its own
services, Mail.ru Group combines the approaches of both Sberbank and Yandex.
But from the point of view of AI integration, the company’s model of work
resembles Yandex more. Mail.ru Group has recently been actively working in the
field of voice assistants:&nbsp; the smart
speaker "Capsule" was presented at the end of 2019, and in April 2020
this speaker equipped with “Marusya” voice assistant went on sale.
</p>
    <p>
    The main difference between Mail.ru
Group and its competitors is that the company puts <b>social networks at the
center of its ecosystem</b> (as <a target="_blank" href="https://corp.imgsmail.ru/media/files/strategy2020-22.pdf">stated</a> in its development strategy). So it is not
surprising that the company begins to actively use artificial intelligence in
this area as well. Thus, it is planned to integrate VKontakte voice calls and
several other services with Capsule. And in Odnoklassniki (both social networks
are owned by Mail.ru Group) in March, a profile recovery function using face
recognition technology was launched.
</p>
    <p>
    Like Yandex, Mail.ru
Group develops
all areas of artificial intelligence, but with one major exception. <b>Driverless
vehicles are not on the Mail.ru Group agenda yet</b>, and the plans of the company
for the development of this area are still unknown.
</p>
    <p>
    <a></a><b>* * *</b><b></b>
</p>
    <p>
    It should also be noted that all the
three companies <b>are expected to develop the area of scientific and technical
activities</b>. In December, they signed a code of ethics for working with big
data, and a month before that they had announced plans to create an alliance
for the development of artificial intelligence. Companies also invest in
education in this area, entering into partnerships for the training of
specialists: for example, Sberbank and NUST MISIS or Yandex and ITMO
University.
</p>
    <p>
    In general, the <b>role of artificial
intelligence in Russian ecosystems corresponds to the general trends of the IT
market</b>. At the beginning of the year, ICT.Moscow found out that most of the
world’s major analytical companies (including Gartner, IDC and KPMG) named AI
as one of the leading trends. Today, the active use of AI by Sberbank, Yandex
and Mail.ru Group shows that analysts were right: services using AI are
embedded in the life of businesses and end consumers.
</p>
    <p>
    You can study the overview of the
development of Russian ecosystems from November 2019 to August 2020 in <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/specific-features-of-russian-ecosystems/">this</a>&nbsp;article.
</p>

Role of AI in the development of the largest ecosystems

Analysis of the differences between the largest digital ecosystems in Russia based on their actions over the past six months

Specific features of Russian ecosystems

Experts - about the growth of the industry and the benefits of implementing VR / AR solutions, forecasts and new challenges


Main things about VR/AR today: new trends and different vision of established trends

    <p>
    At least 77% of Russian residents aged 18-65 are ready to use unmanned taxi, reports NTI Autonet (results of the survey <a target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GMwOH0LSiBnKSqzGFovrBQQrnyJfMemCHtVMlQyT4pY/edit?usp=sharing">available</a> on ICT.Moscow). In one year this indicator has increased -  in 2019 a similar survey showed that over 60% of residents were ready to use autonomous cars.
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    This survey confirms that the readiness for using new technologies in everyday life is directly connected with the their experience and interaction with technology. We are glad that the number of people ready to use unmanned cars grows together with the development of technologies.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    NTI Autonet
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">press service</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    Moscow’s result was higher
than the average result in the country - 79%. The number of autonomous cars
tested in Moscow is the largest in the country.
</p>
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    <img alt="" data-openpopup="0"
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    <p>
    <i>Source: NTI Autonet, 2020 (data </i><a target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GMwOH0LSiBnKSqzGFovrBQQrnyJfMemCHtVMlQyT4pY/edit?usp=sharing"><i>available</i></a><i> on ICT.Moscow)</i>
</p>
    <p>
    10.5 thousand people aged
18-65 took part in the survey. Younger residents aged 25-34 more positively
perceive autonomous taxi: 83.3% of them are ready to use such means of
transport. 73% of people over 45 also said they could use autonomous taxi, even
though this age group is considered to be more conservative. According to NTI
Autonet, such results indicate the possibility of self-driving taxi rapidly
becoming a part of everyday life.
</p>
<h2>
    Other evaluation of autonomous vehicles perception in Russia<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
</h2>

    <p>
    Other surveys also show that
Russian residents are ready for using unmanned transport. For example, this
indicator was monitored by KPMG analysts while compiling the Global report
entitled “<a target="_blank" href="https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/insights/2019/02/2019-autonomous-vehicles-readiness-index.html">Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index 2019</a>”. To evaluate the readiness of customers to embrace the technology,
Branded Research company conducted a focus group survey in 25 countries. People
in India, Mexico, UAE and Russia reportedly have
the most optimistic perception of autonomous transport.
</p>
<div>
    <img alt="" data-openpopup="0"
         src="https://ict.moscow/static/1200x/964ea9b0-b73f-57cc-ab0f-977e654d9395.png">
</div>

    <p>
    <i>Source: </i><i><a target="_blank" href="https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/insights/2019/02/2019-autonomous-vehicles-readiness-index.html">KPMG</a>, 2019</i>
</p>
<div class="incut-block incut-block-text-small-size">
            <p>In 2020 KPMG analysts haven’t conducted public opinion polls regarding unmanned transport perception. Instead, in the “<a target="_blank" href="https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/insights/2020/06/autonomous-vehicles-readiness-index.html">Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index 2020</a>” report other factors were taken into account, for example, the number of people living near autonomous vehicles testing areas. Nevertheless, this indicator cannot be considered objective for Russia, as KPMG took into consideration only the test sites <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bloomberg.org/program/government-innovation/bloomberg-aspen-initiative-cities-autonomous-vehicles/">included</a> in the Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute project. Neither Moscow, nor Kazan are included there.</p>
    </div>
<h3>
    USA
readiness for autonomous vehicles<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
</h3>

    <p>
    Google’s project Waymo is the
leader in terms of the distance covered by autonomous vehicles. By the
beginning of the year, its cars drove 20 million miles (for comparison - Yandex
cars drove 4 million miles or 6.4 million km). Nevertheless, studies show that
Americans are not so enthusiastic about the technology.
</p>
    <p>
    A survey conducted at the
beginning of 2020 in the USA by Partners
for Automated Vehicle Education<a target="_blank" href="https://pavecampaign.org/pave-poll-americans-wary-of-avs-but-say-education-and-experience-with-technology-can-build-trust/"> showed </a>that 48% of Americans “will never get” in an
autonomous taxi. Around three fourths of Americans say the unmanned transport
technology is not ready yet.
</p>
<div class="incut-block incut-block-text-small-size">
            <p><a target="_blank" href="https://pavecampaign.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PAVE-Poll_Fact-Sheet.pdf">Partners for Automated Vehicle Education poll (pdf)</a></p>
    </div>
    <p>
    The respondents of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and World Economic Forum
(WEF) <a target="_blank" href="http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Press%20release.pdf">survey</a> also say that the technology is still immature. However, they say
that it is of primary importance to change the culture and the perception of
this means of transport.
</p>
<h3>
    Autonomous
vehicles testing<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
</h3>

    <p>
    Currently, the testing of automated vehicles in
Russia is carried out in accordance with the Russian government decree No.1415 &nbsp;“On Conducting an Experiment in
Testing the Use of Highly Automated Vehicles on Public Roads”.
Unmanned vehicles can drive on public roads in 13 regions.
</p>
    <p>
    The current version of the
decree does not imply the use of unmanned transport in commercial services and
also requires a driver in the car, NTI Autonet notes.
</p>
    <p>
    The regulation in the field of
autonomous transport is currently being developed. It will allow to switch from
autonomous car testing to their full use in services. In May, the Ministry of
Economic Development supported the draft plan for staged implementation of
unmanned vehicles until 2023.
</p>
    <p>
    In July, Yandex Self Driving Cars team (the company is involved in the
development of the document)&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/an-interview-with-yandex-self-driving-dars-on-the-prospects-of-driverless-future/">told</a> ICT.Moscow that the plan was being finalized
and by the end of August it would be presented to the Russian president.
</p>

An overview of various research studies on the perception of autonomous vehicles in Russia

Self-driving taxis are more expected in Russia than in the USA

    <p>
    At the end of July, IT company Yandex <a target="_blank" href="https://yandex.ru/company/researches/2020/ai-news">published</a> a research report titled “Artificial intelligence in news headlines”. It included all materials of Yandex.News since 2010 the headlines of which included such combinations of words such as “artificial intelligence”, “machine learning” and “neural network”, as well as “AI” acronym.
</p>
    <p>
    The authors focused on the context where artificial intelligence (AI) was mentioned in the news: what it created, determined and forecast. After the study had been published in the media, the news with reference to Yandex PR team about the places that different cities took based on the number of AI mentions  (Saint Petersburg - second place, Perm - fourth place, and Kazan entered top-7 cities) came out.
</p>
    <p>
    ICT.Moscow requested data from Yandex and tried to figure out how the number of AI mentions has changed in the context about cities and in general over the past 10 years and what topics the media focused on.
</p>
<div class="incut-block incut-block-text-small-size">
            <p>The initial data was provided by Yandex, around 61.5 thousand publications featured by Yandex.News were collected in total. Data analysis and interpretation were carried out by ICT.Moscow.</p>
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    <p>
    Out of the 61.5 thousand materials, <b>84% are from 2017-2020</b>. In 2017 the number of publications exceeded 11 thousand, and over the past three and a half years AI was mentioned in the headlines of 51.5 thousand pieces of news.
</p>
    <p>
    Despite the fact that 2020 is not over yet, negative dynamics can be currently seen (for the first time since 2010). If the average number of publications per month is considered, the year 2020 is at the level of 2017 - about 950 materials per month. 
</p>
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            <p>In relation to the total number of publications in Yandex.News from 2010 through July 2020 (about 282 million), the number of news items mentioning AI in the headlines was 0.02%. This indicator has increased over nine years - from 0.0013% in 2010 to 0.0532% in 2019.</p>
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    The technology was mentioned most often in 2019 (over 17.5 thousand times, 1.5 thousand times per month on average). It can be compared to the total number of AI references in media publications (not only in headlines, but in the texts also) which ICT.Moscow monitors within IT media trends monitoring. These dynamics also indicates <b>a slight decline in the media’s interest in artificial intelligence compared to the previous year. </b>
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    After Yandex’s data was processed, a ranking of top-20 cities which were most frequently mentioned in the AI news headlines was compiled.
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    Moscow is the leader of the ranking
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    <p>
    Moscow is leading by a significant margin: over one thousand mentions about the capital were found. Over half of all references in the context of artificial intelligence over ten years are from 2020, which is not over yet. <b>The sharp increase in the number of mentions of Moscow happened against the background of overall decline in the number of references of this technology in the headlines.</b>
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    <p>
    The main newsworthy event was the launch of experimental legal regulation in the field of AI: in different variations it was mentioned over 200 times. The other relatively frequently mentioned topics were:
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    <li>fighting COVID-19, first of all - diagnostics using AI in Moscow medical facilities;</li>
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<ul>
    <li>a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.openculture.com/2020/03/watch-scenes-from-czarist-moscow-vividly-restored-with-artificial-intelligence-may-1896.html">video</a> of Moscow shot in 1896 and restored using a neural network</li>
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    <li>launch of a <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/ai/">knowledge base</a> on artificial intelligence</li>
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    Notable issues in other cities
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    <p>
    Other Russian cities are less often but still quite frequently mentioned in the headlines of the news about AI. <b>Saint Petersburg</b> is the second most frequently mentioned city after Moscow, and over half of the mentions within the context of artificial intelligence are from 2019. The announcement about the opening of the national center for industrial artificial intelligence can be called the “news of the year” in the northern capital. The coffee shop where AI will be used to determine customer tastes was also mentioned quite often, as well as the establishment of Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
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    <p>
    The high position of <b>Perm </b>in the ranking was ensured by 2018 FIFA World Cup. When the event was being held, the news frequently featured predictions about the finalists and the winner of the competition. One of predictive AI models was developed in Perm University. As a result, the city was mentioned most frequently in the AI news headlines in 2018. However, a similar solution was presented by Perm scientists in 2013, in the lead-up to the Sochi Olympics (nevertheless, the city was not mentioned in the title of the publication). 
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    <p>
    <b>Kazan</b>, where digital technologies are being actively developed and implemented, was ranked 7th and was mentioned in several dozen more publications than<b> Tyumen</b>, which was ranked 8th. It should be noted that Innopolis which is located near Kazan was counted separately, it was also included in top-20 and was ranked 12th. Like in the case of Moscow, the largest number of <b>Innopolis</b> mentions occurred in 2020. The main newsbreaks were a web series about AI called “The last program” shot in Innopolis, and (also like in Moscow) - the development of neural networks for COVID-19 diagnostics.
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    <p>
    <b>Skolkovo</b> Innovation Center, which is not a city but can be considered an independent significant toponym, was mentioned 77 times over the past ten years. It was firstly mentioned in 2010, when it was founded. Then ABBYY received Skolkovo grant for development in the field of artificial intelligence. Since 2014, the Center was mentioned almost every year (except 2015), initially within the context about AI conferences, and later - in connection with the establishment of the Center for artificial intelligence development and other practical developments (for fighting cancer, for instance).
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<h2>
    Perception of the technology
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    <p>
    The study of the materials about artificial intelligence which was most often spoken about only in the last three-four years (see the graph with the total number of AI mentions in headlines by year) made it possible to assess how the perception of the technology has changed over time. In the beginning of 2010s, “artificial intelligence” was not perceived as an IT tool, but as a description of the behavior of computer game programmed characters. From 2014-2015 such interpretation became less common.
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    <p>
    In 2010, the media audiences were not used to seeing artificial intelligence as a standard IT tool. It is evident from the publications in the major media sources where AI self learning was interpreted as an evolution of artificial intelligence by analogy with living organisms. The concept of self-driving transport also was not formed: such developments (of Google, for example) were called “vehicles with artificial intelligence”. Nevertheless, already in 2010 Sergey Sobyanin, the Mayor of Moscow, spoke about the prospects of implementing intelligent systems in the urban environment. In particular, the Mayor proposed to implement them in the traffic management systems in order to reduce traffic jams.
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    <p>
    <b>2013 can be called a turning point in the mass perception of artificial intelligence. </b>In that year there was a more than two-fold increase in the number of publications about this technology. After that the dynamic of mentioning increased until 2018, when the growth decreased slightly.
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    <p>
    In 2013, artificial intelligence was practically no longer associated in the media with something fantastic, and was seen as a tool for fulfilling specific tasks, such as predicting the behavior of people at public events, recognition and processing of accounting documents, monitoring information from aircraft sensors, etc.
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    <p>
    Also, <b>in 2013 people started talking about implementing AI in medicine:</b> one of the most significant newsbreaks was the IBM Watson supercomputer, the artificial intelligence of which was used for treating cancer. At the same time, the publications about self-learning algorithms forecasting the emergence of dangerous strains which can cause a pandemic also appeared. 
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    Hype and corporations
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    <p>
    Over the past 10 years, <b>artificial intelligence technology has often been mentioned in the context of “hype” topics.</b> It is well illustrated by the case of major sports events. The examples of neural networks developed in Perm were mentioned above in the text, but they are by no means the only ones. For example, during the 2018 World Cup, the artificial intelligence of Microsoft was also actively making forecasts.
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    <p>
    The AI references in headlines experienced the most rapid growth in 2016-2018, when the number of publications increased by 3-6 thousand per year (see graph). <b>Just at this time, major players of the IT market were frequently mentioned in the news</b>: Google (more than 600 publications in 2016 compared to around 250 in 2015), Sberbank (about 200 mentions in 2017), and Yandex itself (over 200 references in 2017).
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    <p>
    <b>Thus, an increase in the number of references of the technology in news headlines is accompanied by an increase in the number of references of major IT players</b>. Quite often the companies themselves created media hyping statements: a rock album recorded using a neural network for example, or the prospect of replacing thousands of Sberbank employees with artificial intelligence.
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    <p>
    By the way, the news about Sberbank dates back to 2016. In recent years, the company has recorded the fastest growth rate in terms of references in the context of artificial intelligence. In 2019, the bank overtook IT corporations on this indicator: it appeared in the headlines more than 500 times, whereas Google, which is usually leading, was mentioned only 350 times.
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    <p>
    The analysis of news in the sphere of artificial intelligence over the past 10 years showed how much the perception of technology has changed during that time. Previously it was perceived as something fantastic, then it gradually became associated with an IT tool that can solve very specific tasks. And the understanding of AI as an analogue to the human mind started to be mentioned with the subscript “strong” (once in 2013 in a specialized IT publication, starting from 2016 - also in other sources).
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    The dynamics convincingly demonstrates that various AI solutions in Russia have become firmly associated not only with hype topics, but also with cities. Most often - with Moscow, especially when it was announced that a legal experiment in the field of artificial intelligence was being launched locally. But other cities also make themselves known, regularly appearing in the headlines of the news about AI. It is not always about development: often about piloting, implementation, and practical use. The media usually covers these topics, meaning their target audience is interested in such issues.
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An overview of AI mentions in news headlines in Russia since 2010.

Research: the most notable in AI news headlines in Russia over the past 10 years

COVID-Tech in Russia: technologies against the pandemic

<p>Experts call cybersport (as well as VR) a breakthrough in the entertainment sector. According to Newzoo report, in 2019 the revenue of the world games market will be estimated at $152.1 billion, 9.6% more than a year before.</p>

<p>In 2019 the Russian cybersport market might reach the $55 million, and in 2023 it will be over $100 million, as MTS previously forecast.</p>

<p>It should be noted that, according to the data presented by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center, 58% of Russian citizens have a negative perception of computer games, nevertheless, last year Russian internet users paid gamers about 11.6 billion rubles, Yandex and Data Insight stated in spring. The research also revealed that 3 million people are engaged in streaming and selling gaming products.</p>

<p>ICT.Moscow refers to some services and platforms for cybersport from Moscow developers.</p>

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<h2>Cyberhero</h2>

<h3>Platform for gamers</h3>

<p>Cyberhero comprises services for cybersport. Users can stream the games, watch other players stream and participate in competitions. In the competition platform the users can monetize their gaming skills.<br />
Cyberhero is also a streaming platform. Here gamers create their own channels, so they can stream games and upload video. The videos from “Video” section are sorted by views and games.</p>

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<h2>WASD.TV</h2>

<h3>Cybersport platform</h3>

<p>The users can take part in cybersport competitions, stream their games and earn virtual currency for they activities. Users can spend currency on promoting streams and reward other streamers. The platform uses the resources of the CloudMTS cloud provider. A subscriber of any operator can become a user of the platform.</p>

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<h2>DonationAlerts</h2>

<h3>Service for collection donations while streaming</h3>

<p>DonationsAlerts makes it possible to collect donations while streaming in Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, YouTube, Twitch and Hitbox. To receive money the creators of the content place a link of DonationAlerts website below the video (for VK and Odnoklassniki it is a button). The author has to be authorized in the service and choose a minimum donation for the viewers and the type of notifications.<br />
To send a donation a viewer has to be click the link and choose the donation amount and leave a message for the donations which will be displayed in the streaming. The viewer can pay by bank card, VK Pay, WebMoney, Qiwi, Yandex.Money, PayPal, Bitcoin or via mobile account.</p>

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<h2>Loudplay</h2>

<h2>Interactive streaming platform</h2>

<p>Loudplay allows users to run games in the cloud and play on low-capacity computers that have an access to the internet. The platform uses servers with Nvidia graphic cards — the data is processed in the cloud and the video is streamed on the gamer’s players.<br />
In September 2019 MTS launched Loudly on Wasd.TV media platform. After they get access to the platform, users can download games from Steam, Battle.net, Origin, Epic Games and others. The platform is available on computers running on Windows 7 or newer. In the future macOS support is going to be added. Virtual computer is available only for one user.</p>

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<h2>Kaspersky Anti-Cheat</h2>

<h3>Cybersport anti-cheat system</h3>

<p>Kaspersky Anti-Cheat makes it possible to combat cheating for cybersport competitions organizers and online games producers. Cloud technology-based solution helps to detect cheating and fraud in real time during the game and sends automated reports about all the cases of cheating to the judges.</p>

<p>Kaspersky Anti-Cheat can be integrated with cybersport platform via API. Before the competition starts the solution is installed onto each gamer’s computer. When the game starts, Kaspersky Anti-Cheat starts to collect information about all the processes going and transmits the information for analyzing. The judge of the competition receives reports about the cheating cases detected via a web interface in real time.</p>

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<h2>Gaming marketplace</h2>

<h3>Computer games marketplace</h3>

<p>It is a marketplace where over 2 thousand offers from 48 publishers, including “Buka”, Ubisoft, Square Enix, Activision, Deep Silver, Codemasters, Alawar and others are available for gamers. “Igrovoy market” provides discounts for the customers and holds sales. The project is realized in partnership with “Buka” company.</p>

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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. <b>146 use cases</b> from <b>30 countries</b> were analyzed for the period from August 2020 to October 2021 inclusive.
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    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.
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    <b>Key findings</b>
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    <b>The</b> <b>geography of 5G application in the world is noticeably expanding</b> — 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.
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    <b>The</b> <b>internal geography of 5G use cases</b> <b>is expanding </b>— they are being actively implemented not only in capitals and megacities, but also in provincial regions and small towns.
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    <b>The key functional areas in which 5G use cases are being most actively implemented include industry and energy, logistics and transport, entertainment, security, communications</b> <b>and connectivity</b><b>, medicine.</b> 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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    <b>AI and VR/AR are being used more actively than other technologies along with 5G</b>. 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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    <b>Cities and states play a prominent role in the implementation of 5G use cases </b>— 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).
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    <b>Enterprises are actively using private 5G networks</b>, 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.
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    <p>
    → <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/overview-of-global-5g-use-cases-in-2021/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>Overview of Global 5G Use Cases in 2021</b></a>
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    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>.
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    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

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    <i>Top tech stories from Moscow (January 17 — 28)</i><br>
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    MARKET IN BRIEF
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    <p>
    <i>Main news about Moscow's projects, developers, technologies</i>
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    <b>Rosatom to Present a Draft Roadmap for the Creation of a Quantum Internet in 2022</b><br>
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    In 2022, Rosatom will present a draft of the second roadmap for the development of quantum computing.
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    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.”
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    <p>
    <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/rosatom-to-present-a-draft-roadmap-for-the-creation-of-a-quantum-internet-in-2022/" target="_blank"><b>Read more →</b></a>
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    <b>Other stories:</b>
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    <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>
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            <p>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</p>
            <p>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</p>
            <p>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</p>
            <p>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</p>
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    INVESTMENT DEALS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS<b>&nbsp;</b>
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    <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>
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    LONGREAD
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    <p>
    <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/new-video-analytics/" target="_blank"><b>Eyes of Metropolis: How the New Scenarios Appear in Video Analytics</b></a>
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    <br>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).<br><br>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.
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    <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/new-video-analytics/" target="_blank"><b>Read the article →</b></a><br>
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    ANALYTICS AND INSIGHTS
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    <i>researches, monitorings, reports and other analytics of Moscow and Russian IT market</i>
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    <p>
    <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 →<br><br><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 →<br><br><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 →
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    DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FROM MOSCOW
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    <i>a showcase of </i><b><i>some video analytics solutions</i></b>
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    <li><b><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/neurocam-supervisor/" target="_blank">Neurocam Supervisor</a></b></li>
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    Comprehensive video analytics solution based on face recognition technology <br>
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    <li><b><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/findface-multi/" target="_blank">FindFace Multi</a></b></li>
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    Multi-object video analytics platform<br>
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    <li><b><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/videointellect/" target="_blank">Videointellect</a></b></li>
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    Predictive analytics system <br>
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    KEY ACTORS
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    <i>discover people who stand behind the innovative companies and projects in Moscow</i>
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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.
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    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:
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    <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>
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    The authors of the study have also presented:
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    <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<b>.:</b></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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    <b><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/video-surveillance-and-video-analytics-an-overview-of-international-practices/" target="_blank">Explore the full version of the study →</a></b><br>
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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>
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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

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    <i>Top tech stories from Moscow (December 13 — January 14) </i><br>
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    MARKET IN BRIEF
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    <i>Main news about Moscow's projects, developers, technologies</i>
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    <b>5G Test Site Launched on the Basis of Botkin Hospital in Moscow</b><br>
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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.
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    “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.
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    <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/5g-test-site-launched-on-the-basis-of-botkin-hospital-in-moscow/" target="_blank"><b>Read more →</b></a>
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    <b>What Awards Did Moscow Receive in 2021 in the Field of Technology and Digitalization?</b>
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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.
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    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.
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    <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/what-awards-did-moscow-receive-in-2021-in-the-field-of-technology-and-digitalization/" target="_blank"><b>Read more →</b></a>
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    <b>Other stories:</b>
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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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            <p>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</p>
            <p>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</p>
            <p>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</p>
            <p>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</p>
            <p>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</p>
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    VC, IPO AND OTHER DEALS<b>&nbsp;</b>
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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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    <b>Innovation Explained: a View on Current Innovative Processes</b><br>
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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.
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    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.
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    <p>
    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?
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    <p>
    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.
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    <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/what-is-innovation/" target="_blank"><b>Read the full article →</b></a>
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    ANALYTICS AND INSIGHTS
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    <i>researches, monitorings, reports and other analytics of Moscow and Russian IT market</i>
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<ul>
    <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/global-innovation-index-2021/" target="_blank"><b>WIPO: Global Innovation Index 2021 →</b></a></li>
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    <p>
    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"><b>Z/YEN: Smart Centres Index 3 →</b></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"><b>DR. WEB: Vulnerabilities in Log4j 2 →</b></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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    <i>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. </i>
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    <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/smartcitymoscow/case/city-video-surveillance-system/" target="_blank"><b>City Video Surveillance System</b></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"><b>Moscow E-government Business Services</b></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"><b>My Moscow</b></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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Russian experts on innovative activity, the impact of the pandemic on it, and further development vectors