This is important for the development of generative artificial intelligence
Vladimir Putin spoke today at the plenary session of the AI Journey conference and, as part of his speech, stated the need to significantly increase the capacity of Russian supercomputers.
“ I draw the attention of the government and alliance companies. The current capacity of Russian supercomputers should, of course, be increased by at least an order of magnitude ,” Putin said. He added that this is ” essential for the further development of generative artificial intelligence .”
With the rapid development of AI in the world, the demand for powerful GPUs has greatly increased, which is why there is now a shortage of them. In some countries (including Russia and China), the shortage is exacerbated by new, recently introduced US sanctions. It is not yet clear how the government will solve the problem set by the president in the current difficult conditions, because in order to increase capacity tenfold, it is necessary to purchase powerful accelerators on an industrial scale.