🇷🇺 Russia is striving for "AI sovereignty" through the growth of its human capital.
Plans are in place to increase the number of AI specialists from 3,000 to 15,500 by 2030. However, the implementation of these plans is being slowed down by a critical shortage of specialized semiconductors and sanctions limiting access to US chips.
🌍 The problem highlights the gap between software ambitions and hardware capabilities, making control over chip production a key factor of geopolitical influence in the field of AI.
👤 AI development is impossible through algorithms alone: without access to advanced "hardware" (GPUs), even large-scale government programs risk remaining at a theoretical level.
Source 1: https://time.com/article/2026/06/18/russia-ai-putin-chip-us-china/