Muzlab, a streaming audio service for business (also has an office in Moscow), attracted investments for product and IT development. The founder of the SysoevFM project, Alexander Sysoev, became the investor; the terms of the deal and the amount of funds invested are not disclosed by the parties.


 
 In the spring, Muzlab raised $ 1 million from investors and former CEO of Yandex.Chef Mikhail Peregudov, while Sysoev himself previously invested in a Moscow service for demand forecasting for restaurants Foodcast.ai and in a vertical farm startup iFarm.


 
 <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/muzykalnyi-servis-muzlab-privlek-investitsii-na-razvitie-produkta/">Original (in Russian)</a>

Inc.

Streaming audio service Muzlab attracted investments for product and IT development

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

ICT.Moscow

Specific features of Russian ecosystems

Medical AI systems will be allowed to collect and analyze patient data in Russia. This was stated in the complementary law accompanying the previously adopted law “on experimental legal regimes” prepared by ANO Digital Economy. During the period of three years, medical universities and startups will be able to create and test AI systems using medical images, test results and patient complaints. 

 
 The draft law has already been supported by the working group “Statutory regulation of the digital environment”. The Ministry of Economic Development will soon submit the accompanying law for consideration to the government. If the draft bill is approved, it will be sent to the State Duma.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/v-rossii-razreshat-sobirat-i-analizirovat-dannye-patsientov-dlia-meditsinskikh-ai-sistem/" target="_blank">Original (in Russian)</a>

Izvestia

Medical AI systems will be allowed to collect and analyze patient data in Russia

Rosstandart
has approved a series of preliminary national standards in the field of the
Internet of Things, sensor networks and the Industrial Internet of Things. The
documents were developed by the Cyber-Physical Systems Technical Committee (TC) on
the basis of RVC with the support of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

 
 Representatives
of Skoltech, Rostelecom, Kaspersky Lab, MegaFon and other companies
participated in the development of the standard.

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 To the already developed and those that are being developed standards that directly define the IoT protocols, we add fundamental documents that are no less important for the development of the market. Thus, the market receives a universal basic toolkit: common semantic approaches, equal opportunities for the formation of the solution architectures, a dialogue to ensure the exchange of data and achieving compatibility of solutions. All this should contribute to the entry of alternative solutions to the market, the development of sustainable digital platforms and the formation of the ecosystems.
 
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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nikita.utkin.5" target="_blank">
 Nikita Utkin
 </a>
 
 Head of RVC Programs, Chairman of Cyber-Physical Systems Committee
 </div>
 </div>
</div>
 
 As ComNews
clarifies, this is the third group of preliminary national standards in the
field of digital technologies, which have been developed by Cyber-Physical
Systems. According to Mikhail Smirnov, director of the InfoWatch expert and
analytical center, they plan to publish the remaining standards soon — in the
field of artificial intelligence terminology and basic standards of
cyber-physical systems.

 
 <a target="_blank" href="https://mosmed.ai/documents/72/1-%D1%8F_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%93%D0%9E%D0%A1%D0%A2_%D0%A0_%D0%98%D0%A1%D0%9E_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8B_%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B2_%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5.pdf">Read the document (in Russian)</a>

 
 <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/rosstandart-utverdil-standarty-interneta-veshchei/">Original (in Russian)</a>

RVC JSC (Russian Venture Company)

Rosstandart has approved national standards in the field of the Internet of Things

An experimental prototype of a domestic quantum computer with cloud
access and a cloud platform for processing critical information will appear in
Russia in 2022, ANO Digital Economy reports.

 
 These projects were discussed during the consideration of the new
leading research centers on the platform of ANO Digital Economy.

 
 “Kvantovye
vychisleniya” (“Quantum computing”) leading research center presented a project to create a domestic quantum
computer and a cloud access interface. The experimental model of the computer
will appear at the end of 2020, and in 2022 a prototype of a quantum computer
will be created, and&nbsp; cloud access to it will be provided, explains Alexey Fedorov, Head of “Kvantovye vychisleniya” research center created on the basis of “ICQT” (“International Center
for Quantum Technologies”).

 
 “Doverennye
sensornye sistemy” (“Trusted sensor
systems”) leading research center established at the National Research University of
Electronic Technology (MIET)
presented a project to create a cloud platform to process sensor information.
It will be developed by 2022. 

 
 The cloud platform will automate the interaction of the existing digital
platforms for managing technical systems by collecting and processing sensor
information.

 
 One of the features of the platform is the ability to integrate with
external domestic systems for automated control of equipment at industrial
enterprises, rapid digitization of measurement results and the highest level of
information security, explains Alexey Pereverzev, Head of the leading research
center of MIET and Vice-rector for Innovation Activities.

 
 <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/v-2022-godu-v-rossii-poiavitsia-otechestvennyi-kvantovyi-kompiuter-s-oblachnym-dostupom/">Original (in Russian)</a>

A domestic quantum computer with cloud access will appear in Russia in 2022

Skolkovo

ExoAtlet entered the European market

It was
announced by Mikhail Mishustin at a government meeting.

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 The concept lays down the principles on the basis of which regulations will be improved to create favorable conditions for the development of artificial intelligence and robotics and remove barriers in various spheres, from medicine to space. (…) All innovations introduced taking into account the fact that all artificial intelligence and robotics technologies must be safe for the people and improve human welfare
 
 <div class="quote-owner">
 <div>
 
 Mikhail Mishustin
 
 Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
 </div>
 </div>
</div>
 
 In the future, it is planned to strengthen the measures to support developers in this field. Financial incentives are created and public-private partnership will be further developed.

 
 <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/utverzhdena-kontseptsiia-regulirovaniia-iskusstvennogo-intellekta-i-robototekhniki-do-2024-goda/">Original (in Russian)</a>

Concept for the regulation of Artificial Intelligence and robotics until 2024 has been approved

iFarm, a startup developing automated vertical farms
for growing greens, has raised $4 million in the seed round. The lead investor
is Gagarin Capital that invested $1 million in the project last year.
The company will use the attracted funds to develop iFarm Growtune IT platform
intended for managing vertical farms. Also a crowdinvesting platform will be
launched on the basis of the SaaS platform. With its help, the company will
attract funding from banks, leasing companies and individuals.

 
 Earlier the
company announced the commissioning of the first stage of a large vertical farm
in Moscow.

 
 <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/ifarm-privlek-4-na-razvitie-it-platformy/">Original (in Russian)</a>

iFarm raises $4 million for development

Yandex
launched Toloka Laboratory to automatically solve data processing tasks. The processes
of interface creation, setting up the project and searching for task performer
are automated in the service.

 
 The customer
will need to provide data and form a request what has to be done with this
data. The minimum amount of data for processing is 500 texts or images.

 
 The laboratory
performs three types of data labeling: images classification, text
classification and object detection in images.

 
 <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/iandeks-zapustil-laboratoriiu-toloki-dlia-avtomaticheskogo-resheniia-zadach-po-obrabotke-dannykh/">Original (in Russian)</a>

Yandex

Yandex launched Toloka Laboratory to automatically solve data processing tasks

The test of
unmanned vehicles without drivers in the cabin will be postponed until the
first half of 2021. This is reported by Vedomosti with reference to the
adjusted roadmap of self-driving vehicles implementation on public roads. The
document has already been finalized by the relevant ministries&nbsp;&nbsp; — the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of
Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of
Economic Development, and the discussion of the document in the government will
begin soon.

 
 In the first
half of 2021 companies will receive permission to test unmanned vehicles in
several regions of the country. Currently these tests can only be conducted in
closed test areas.

 
 ***

 
 Also today it
was announced that starting from next year several types of unmanned vehicles
be allowed to drive on dedicated lanes for public transport.

 
 <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/ispytaniia-bespilotnykh-avtomobilei-bez-voditelei-otlozheny-do-2021-goda/">Original (in Russian)</a>

Vedomosti

Self-driving car testing in Russia is postponed until 2021

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

According to the document, the company plans to conduct a series of tests of autonomous Gazelle and KamAZ. The vehicles will be tested on the infield roads of the fields. The use of these vehicles will help to optimize logistics and increase the safety of cargo transportation.

 
 In the future, the vehicles controlled by artificial intelligence can take over many logistics operations in the fields. The testing experience can be used when the experiment with unmanned vehicles driving on public road is conducted.

 
 The agreement also provides the company with an opportunity to use unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor the company’s pipelines and production infrastructure.

TASS

Gazprom Neft and Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District signed an agreement on the development of autonomous transport

Rostelecom and Waves Enterprise are developing an e-voting system by the order of the Central Electoral Commission.

 
 The system is based on the results of the research work, software and technical solutions of Russian manufacture, including a blockchain platform included in the Unified Register of Russian software. According to Rostelecom, particular attention is given to information security issues.

 
 The first technological test of the system was conducted on August 7. Public testing will be held on August 31.

 
 According to the decision of the Central Electoral Commission, the remote voting technology will be used during the by-elections of the deputies of the State Duma of the seventh convocation on September 13 in Kursk and Yaroslavl regions.

 
 <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/rostelekom-i-waves-enterprise-razrabotaiut-sistemu-golosovaniia-na-blokcheine/">Original (in Russian)</a>

Rostelecom

Rostelecom and Waves Enterprise will develop a blockchain-based e-voting system

Mail.ru Group and Sberbank invested 12 billion rubles (approximately $164 million) in their joint venture focused on transportation and food.

 
 The funds will be used to expand areas and scale the businesses that were not included into the perimeter at the moment of the deal closure in December 2019. Among them there are 2GIS mapping service and Samokat express food delivery (75.6% stake consolidated in May), as well as other assets. 

 
 Moreover, the parties explain that the management of the joint venture is confident about the prospects of not only food delivery from restaurants, but also e-grocery, dark kitchens and dark stores.

 
 Following the additional funding, Sberbank and Mail.ru Group will continue to have equal stakes in the joint venture (45.005% each).

 
 <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/o2o-predpriiatie-mail-ru-group-i-sberbanka-poluchilo-12-mlrd-rublei/">Original (in Russian)</a>

Mail.ru Group

O2O enterprise of Mail.ru Group and Sberbank receives $164 million

The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposes to oblige companies with state participation over 50% and their subsidiaries to purchase goods from the register of Russian and Eurasian industrial products in accordance with the time plan developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. This information is reported by Kommersant with reference to the projects of three draft decrees of the government.

 
 On August 8, the documents were sent for approval to the Ministry of Finance, the Federal Antimonopoly Service, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Federal Treasury.

 
 According to Sergei Sukhman, President of Zelix, who is familiar with the process of documents development, purchases based on quotas will be carried out in several key areas: telecommunications equipment, computation tools and data storage systems.

 
 The interviewed participants of the market say that the decisions will have a big impact on large corporations, such as Rostelecom and Rostec, which will have to rebuild the infrastructure.

 
 Russian companies are facing difficulties with entering government procurement markets, and the quotas will be an effective measure to support the domestic manufacturers, Rostec representatives explain.

 
 According to Ivan Pokrovsky, Executive Director of Electronics Developers and Manufacturers Association, the quotas are still being established. They may probably be set at 30-50% of the purchase volume.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/minpromtorg-predlozhil-vvesti-kvoty-na-zakupku-goskompaniiami-rossiiskogo-telekom-oborudovaniia-i-skhd/" target="_blank">Original (in Russian)</a>

Kommersant

The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed to introduce quotas for the purchase of the Russian telecom software and data storage systems by state-owned companies

Yandex
announced the launch of a unified application for city life - Yandex Go. It
combines taxi, “Drive” car sharing , delivery from “Food” restaurants, “Lavka” express
delivery, courier delivery and ground transport timetables, and from August 19
will replace another application of Yandex - Yandex.Taxi.

 
 The
representatives of the company explain that all applications - Yandex.Drive,
Food and Lavka - will be available both in Go and as separate applications.
Moreover, the company claims that third-party services can also appear in Go,
VC.ru reports.

 
 To switch to
Yandex Go, Yandex.Taxi users will have to update the application to the latest
version. Download Yandex Go from <a target="_blank" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.yandex.taxi">Google Play</a> or <a target="_blank" href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id472650686?mt=8">AppStore</a>.

 
 ***

 
 A super-app
based on&nbsp; VKontakte is being developed by
Mail.ru
Group, and at the beginning of 2019 Tinkoff announced the
launch of a super application based on the mobile bank.

 
 <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/iandeks-zapustil-superprilozhenie-dlia-goroda-na-baze-iandeks-taksi/">Original (in Russian)</a>

Yandex has launched a super-app for the city based on Yandex.Taxi

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.

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 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.
 
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 NTI Autonet
 
 press service
 </div>
 </div>
</div>
 
 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.

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 Source: NTI Autonet, 2020 (data <a target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GMwOH0LSiBnKSqzGFovrBQQrnyJfMemCHtVMlQyT4pY/edit?usp=sharing">available</a> on ICT.Moscow)

 
 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.

<h2>
 Other evaluation of autonomous vehicles perception in Russia<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
</h2>

 
 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.

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 Source: <a target="_blank" href="https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/insights/2019/02/2019-autonomous-vehicles-readiness-index.html">KPMG</a>, 2019

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 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.
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<h3>
 USA
readiness for autonomous vehicles<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
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 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.

 
 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.

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 <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>
 </div>
 
 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.

<h3>
 Autonomous
vehicles testing<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
</h3>

 
 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.

 
 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.

 
 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.

 
 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.

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

Intellogic, a resident of Skolkovo, integrated its
platform for medical images analysis Botkin.AI with the Unified Radiological Information Service of Moscow.

 
 The platform has passed all
stages of testing, including functional testing and calibration with accuracy
assessment. Computed tomography scanners of 46 capital’s
medical facilities are connected to the service. CT scans are automatically
downloaded and analyzed by artificial intelligence.

 
 Currently, only Botkin.AI
analyzes tomographic images to diagnose lung
cancer within the framework of the
experiment in Moscow. Over 7 thousand scans have been processed. It is expected that over 20
thousand tomographic images will be processed every month.

 
 It is also planned to conduct
a retrospective review of a large number of CT scans performed during the
COVID-19 pandemic.

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 For us the project that is being realized by the Diagnostics and Telemedicine Center is a priority. At the moment, it is not only the largest one in terms of artificial intelligence technologies application in the healthcare system of an entire region, but also the most technologically developed and elaborated in terms of the methods of using AI in practical healthcare.
 
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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/su.sorokin" target="_blank">
 Sergey Sorokin
 </a>
 
 CEO Intellogic (Botkin.AI project)
 </div>
 </div>
</div>
 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/botkinai/" target="_blank">Botkin.AI</a> card on ICT.Moscow 

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/platforma-botkin-ai-integrirovana-s-edinoi-radiologicheskii-informatsionnoi-sistemoi-moskvy/" target="_blank">Original (in Russian)</a>

Botkin.AI platform was integrated with the Unified Radiological Information Service of Moscow

Since October 1 Russia will change the procedure for
including software products in the Unified Register of software of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of
the Russian Federation. This information was reported by CNews with reference to the minutes
of the meeting of the Expert Council on software of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation dated July 17.

 
 According to the
document,&nbsp; software products - candidates
for being included in the register - will be professionally examined for
compliance with the requirements defined by paragraph 5 of the government
decree dated November 16, 2015 No. 1236 “On establishing a ban on the admission
of the software originating from foreign states for the purpose of&nbsp; procurement to meet state and municipal
needs”.

 
 Until the amendments to this
decree are made, ANO Competence Center
for Import Substitution in the Field of ICT, which is headed by Ilya
Massukh, one of the council members and former deputy head of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass
Communications, will be responsible for conducting the preliminary examination.

 
 All necessary documents and
the application for the inclusion of information about the software will be
submitted to the the Ministry of Telecom
and Mass Communications in electronic form on the website of the Register, as
it was done before.

 
 After that, Competence Center for Import Substitution in the Field
of ICT
will verify the application and the documents within two days from the moment
when the application was received. According to the results of the checking,
the Ministry of Telecom and Mass
Communications either registers the application or rejects it. 

 
 If the application is
registered, Competence Center for Import
Substitution in the Field of ICT will prepare a draft expert report which will be
later available on the website of the Register. Only the members of the Expert
Council on software of the the Ministry
of Telecom and Mass Communications will have access to the expert report.

 
 If the responsible members of the Expert Council do not have any
comments on the draft report, a report is generated on the website and signed
by a qualified electronic signature. Based on the unanimous decision of the
responsible members of the Council, the software is included in the register.
If at least one responsible member of the Council does not agree with the
conclusion provided by Competence Center
for Import Substitution in the Field of ICT, the decision is submitted for consideration by the entire
council, which makes the final decision by majority vote.

 
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CNews

Since October Russia will change the procedure for including software products in the Unified Register of Russian software

App Annie published a report on the impact of COVID-19 on user behavior on mobile. In the first half of the year Russians used mobile apps for 3.5 hours a day on average, 40% more than in 2019. People spent 355% more time in the apps ensuring remote work and communication with colleagues than in Q4 of 2019. The list of mobile games that Russian Internet users play on a monthly basis has grown by 30%.

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 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.appannie.com/en/insights/market-data/covid19-consumer-behavior-mobile/">Read more →&nbsp;</a>

 
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IKS Media

App Annie Research: mobile app usage increases by 40% in the first half of the year

The resident of the special economic zone (SEZ)
Technopolis Moscow - Diagnostika-M company - has developed a perimeter security
system using artificial intelligence.

 
 According to the developers, the system allows to
detect possible preparations for the invasion of the secured object, detect
movement vectors and the actions of the violators and also identify their
number.

 
 The solution
can be used at airports and seaports, energy and oil and gas infrastructure
facilities, at border control, as well as on private property. The company
plans to start full-scale production of the system at the end of 2020.

 
 <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/v-tekhnopolise-moskva-razrabotana-sistema-okhrany-territorii-s-primeneniem-ai/">Original (in Russian)</a>

Technopolis Moscow

Premises security system using AI was developed in Technopolis Moscow

The budget of
the federal project entitled “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) was significantly reduced,
reports Kommersant with reference to the letter of Deputy Minister of Ministry
of Telecom and Mass Communications to the federal executive authorities dated
August 13.

 
 At the
beginning of the year, it was proposed to allocate about 90 billion rubles from
budget funds for the project (out of 125 billion in total), but now 22.4
billion will be allocated.

 
 It is reported
that it is not about cutting the budget, but about “changing the approach to
budgeting”: 22.4 billion will become “the central part”, which will be
allocated to cover expenses related to development. The other budget items will
be funded from digitization budgets of other federal authorities.

 
 <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/razrabotchiki-federalnogo-proekta-iskusstvennyi-intellekt-sokratili-ego-biudzhet/">Original (in Russian)</a>

Developers of “Artificial Intelligence” federal project reduced its budget

According to NTI Autonet survey, 79% of Moscow residents are ready to use self-driving taxi. At the same time, the largest number of self-driving cars is being tested in the country, RBC reports.

 
 In general, 77% of Russians aged 18-65 are ready to use self-driving taxi. 83.3% of people aged 25-34 are ready to use unmanned taxi services, and they are the group most ready to embrace the technology. In total, 10.5 thousand residents from all million-plus cities of Russia took part in the online survey.

 
 In 2019, only 60% of Russian residents were ready for self-driving taxis. 

 
 According to KPMG, in 2019 Russia was <a target="_blank" href="https://home.kpmg/content/dam/kpmg/nl/pdf/2019/sector/autonomous-vehicles-readiness-index-2019.pdf">ranked</a> fourth in terms of readiness of people for self-driving transport (following India, Mexico and UAE). 

 
 Earlier, Yandex Self-Driving Cars representatives explained that commercial unmanned vehicles would be implemented firstly in small cities and then on the outskirts of major cities and after that in the centers of large cities.

 
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Research: 79% of Moscow residents are ready to use self-driving taxi

At the end of the year Moscow authorities may launch taxi driver digital profile system that will prevent aggregators from allowing drivers without a license, having a criminal record, working in excess of labor and rest limits to drive. This information was reported by Kommersant with reference to Dmitry Pronin, Deputy Head of Moscow Department for Transport.

 
 This is a software “gateway” between the taxi driver and the order aggregator that will limit the flow of orders. The concept was announced by Maxim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow, in March 2019.

 
 Stanislav Shvagerus, Head of the Competence Center of the International Eurasian Forum Taxi, explains that in order to launch the city digital profile it is necessary to adopt a Government Decree of the City of Moscow that obliges aggregators to transfer orders only through the electronic gateway, not directly.

 
 The system is supposed to help reduce road accidents. According to the Federal Authority for Road Traffic Safety, the number of accidents involving taxis in six months of 2020 was nearly the same as in the whole 2018. 

 
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