Putin orders Russia and top bank to forge AI cooperation with China

Western sanctions have constrained Moscow's development in field

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Sberbank CEO German Gref, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, visit an exhibition at the AI Journey international tech conference in Moscow on Dec. 11. (Sputnik via Reuters)

MOSCOW (Reuters) -- President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's government and the country's biggest bank, Sberbank, to build cooperation with China in artificial intelligence.

Putin's instructions were published on the Kremlin's website on Wednesday, three weeks after he announced that Russia would team up with BRICS partners and other countries to develop AI.

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