Russia's Ministry of Digital Development and business discuss grants for collecting Russian-language data to train large models
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The state has realized that the main shortage for its own SI is not graphics cards but good data in the native language.
The idea is to co-finance not the models themselves but the preparation of high-quality Russian-language and industry-specific datasets that several research teams could use: companies currently spend tens of millions of rubles each on collection and labeling. The discussion took place at a working group on September 10, and support measures are to be agreed by September 30; in all, about 71.7 billion rubles of state support for SI development is planned. Experts warn that without usage requirements the money could go to large corporations and the datasets could gather dust.
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