Kommersant: Russia plans to use artificial intelligence to analyze the psyche on social networks reports “Kommersant”.
According to the newspaper, the authorities decided to order research on the capabilities of artificial intelligence for diagnosing the personality of Russians according to data from the network. FSBI Institute for System Programming named after VP Ivannikov “announced a tender worth 36 million commissioned by the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation.
The government believes that such an analysis of the psyche will help fight death groups, extremism and the involvement of citizens in terrorist activities. Moscow Digital School teacher Oleg Blinov said that such collection of information contradicts legislation on the protection of personal data.
Earlier, Alexander Zhuravlev, chairman of the commission on legal support of the digital economy of the Moscow branch of the Russian Lawyers Association, spoke about the legality of states' requests for personal data from social networks … According to him, different countries have different legislation on personal data and their disclosure. If a tax evasion investigation is underway, this is one story, a crime investigation is another. Many jurisdictions provide the ability to provide this information.