Artificial intelligence

AI and blockchain could accelerate biomedical research, say Russian scientists

November 27, 2017

Insilico Medicine, the parent company of Russian biomed startup Insilico, has published a peer-review research paper calling for patients to regain control of their personal medical records, and even to profit from them. The Baltimore-based Insilico Medicine, which specializes in the application of deep learning for drug discovery, produced the paper, titled “Converging blockchain and next-generation artificial intelligence …

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Russia considers introducing artificial intelligence in law enforcement system

November 13, 2017

In a new proposal to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the federal government’s Project Activities Department is suggesting reforms to Russia’s law enforcement system that would introduce artificial intelligence, according to documents obtained by the newspaper Kommersant and cited by online publication Meduza.io. The new technology would be used at three stages: first, to identify obsolete and ineffective legal norms; …

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Why startups from Eastern Europe are so strong in face recognition and augmented reality

January 9, 2018

Russian-speaking engineers seem to have some special skills, or secret sauce, to develop face recognition and related AR technologies, if judging by the number of startups with roots in Eastern Europe that have made the news over the past few years. Emerging from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine in particular, they have topped international contests, received …

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Russian HR robot wins global startup competition

October 25, 2017

Russian startup Stafory announced Wednesday that it has won the Unleash (HR Tech World) startup competition held in Amsterdam for its recruiting robot called ‘Vera‘ (‘faith’ in Russian). The startup was awarded with €10,000. Vera goes along the recruitment chain, from search and selection of potential employees across the largest recruitment sites, to calls and invitation of suitable applicants, …

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Yandex’s new AI assistant praises Stalin’s repressions

February 16, 2018

An artificial intelligence run by the Russian internet giant Yandex has morphed into a violent and offensive chatbot that appears to endorse the brutal Stalinist regime of the 1930s. Users of the “Alice” assistant, an alternative to Siri or Google Assistant, have reported it responding positively to questions about domestic violence and saying that “enemies of the people” …

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Russian and international funds team up to support “the ultimate personalization engine for banks”

October 23, 2017

Last week DataSine, a Russian-co-founded startup based in London,  announced that it secured €1 million for its business expansion. The pool of investors included Sistema VC, the venture arm of the Russian conglomerate Sistema, Force Over Mass, a London-based venture fund, and C.Entrepreneurs, a joint venture of Cathay Innovation and BNP Paribas Cardif. DataSine’s proprietary …

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Russian-founded AI startup secured $840,000 to “redesign home security”

October 25, 2017

Cherry Labs, a Russian-founded startup an AI-powered solution of which “provides your family with the safest, smartest and most-private home possible,” secured $840,000 from Gagarin Capital, a US-based venture fund with Russian roots, and two Russian funds — Impulse VC and Altair Capital. The round also involved such individual investors as Alexander Agapitov, Yuri Gursky, …

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Yandex’s launches AI assistant with “near-human levels of speech recognition accuracy”

October 11, 2017

Defining itself as “a technology company that builds intelligent products and services powered by machine learning,” Yandex has announced the launch of a conversational intelligent assistant that is “not restricted to a set of predefined scenarios.” Dubbed ‘Alice,’ this new AI assistant integrates the ability to “carry free-flowing ‘chit-chat’ conversations with users that can surprise …

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This robot is entering the US market after automating recruitment in 220 Russian companies

September 23, 2017

Artificial intelligence tends to find applications in virtually every field today, and HR is no exception. A Russian startup called Stafory, launched two years ago with less than $10,000 in capital, has created a recruiting robot called ‘Vera’ (‘faith’ in Russian). Stafory initially developed an online platform intended for companies to interact more efficiently with …

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Quantum theory can accelerate machine learning and determine the intelligence of your iPhone, say Skolkovo scientists

September 21, 2017

In a new paper published in the Nature magazine, a group of scientists led by Jacob Biamonte, an associate professor at Skolkovo Institute of Technology (Skoltech), analyzed what steps can be taken to make the most of quantum enhanced machine learning. This a major contributon to help us better understand quantum enhanced machine learning, writes Russia Beyond The Headlines. …

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Yandex’s new machine translation combines neural and statistical approaches for superior results

September 14, 2017

Today Yandex.Translate launched a hybrid machine translation system that combines neural and statistical approaches to machine translation to deliver our users an even higher quality translation that utilizes the complementary strengths of both translation models. The new system first translates users’ queries using both a statistical and a neural machine translation model.  Next, CatBoost, our gradient …

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Putin to Russian students: “Whoever leads in AI will rule the world”

September 10, 2017

Just three months after demonstrating an unexpected interest in the Ethereum technology — in which he sees a potential instrument for tech modernization, — Vladimir Putin has shared with Russian students his far-reaching views on artificial intelligence (AI). In a 45-minute “open lesson” about science on Friday, the Russian president told Russian students that “whoever becomes the …

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