Russia's Ministry of Digital Development discusses letting Alice AI access banking and other apps on Russians' smartphones
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An SI assistant that runs the phone itself is the next step toward a true agent; but when the state hands out such access to a single player, the question is no longer just convenience but who controls the data.
According to Kommersant, the ministry is discussing new rules for preinstalling domestic software on imported smartphones, tablets and smart speakers: the system SI assistant would be able to interact with other apps, notifications, authorization mechanisms and the device's hardware, including banking apps, and store the collected data on Yandex servers. The Ministry of Digital Development calls this creating a level playing field for Russian SI technologies; during initial setup the user would be able to choose a default assistant. Yandex denied that this involves unrestricted access to data. The news came out the day after Russia's first SI law took effect.
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