[2/2] Artificial Intelligence Almanac 14 Issue of Index-AI-Report2024" (AI column)

Continue. report About AI from the center of competence on artificial intelligence MIPT, I will tell about the remaining points.

🆘 Government support Budget investments: direct state investments in AI projects 2024 d is estimated at approximately 7,5 billion а annually, within the framework of the national project "Digital Economy" (Federal project "Artificial Intelligence", completed by 2024 d.). - AI public procurement: additionally through the purchase of AI solutions (Software and services) invest in order 2,3 billion . per year. Thus, the total amount of state support (budget + procurement) into 2024 d reaches ~10 billion?

👩‍🎓 Education and personnel Training of specialists: estimated about 5 400 graduate 2024 have been awarded ML/DL competences. Most of these staff are trained by leading universities. (MIPT, HSE, ITMO, MSU, St. Petersburg). To track the quality of training, the AI Alliance publishes an annual ranking of universities (into 2025 covered 203 university). Supply and demand mismatch: Despite the growth in the number of graduates, companies are experiencing a shortage of experienced personnel. Always open.>1000 ML/AI vacancies, but many remain open. The paradox is that the number of young professionals already exceeds these vacancies, but employers are not ready to en masse recruits without experience. First of all, middle-engineers are required, and universities produce mostly junior specialists, some of whom can not find use and leave the industry.

🎁 Developments and Trends in Russia 2024 (moment 2024 The years in the report I missed.)

• Domestic modelsRussian ecosystem responds to global trend - Yandex has released its large language model YandexGPT 4. The AI Alliance also developed an open benchmark MERA for an objective comparison of the capabilities of Russian-speaking LLMs. (knowledge, logic, ethics, etc.). - Unmanned transport: 2024 d. Russia takes a step towards autonomous logistics in pilot project 30 Robotic trucks are on the M-road.11 "Neva" 3 million km without accidents; now it is planned to expand new roads and increase the park to 90 cars. - International cooperationThe Russian AI Alliance was one of the initiators of the AI Alliance Network – a global association 18 Countries to coordinate the development and regulation of AI. This step is designed to accelerate the exchange of technologies, joint research and development of common ethical norms with the participation of the Russian Federation on the world stage.

In the end, conclusions and recommendations were made. (||It is not a fact that||) For universities: to improve the quality of education and integrate it with the industry. Universities have successfully increased their output, but the market does not absorb “extra” juniors. It is necessary to strengthen the practice and participation of employers in programs so that graduates receive applied skills and grow faster to the middle level. For business: invest more actively in the development of young personnel. Large companies now hire far fewer newcomers, but the reverse steps are recommended: more actively hire promising graduates and retrain them to the desired level – such an investment will pay off with trained and loyal employees. For graduates: realistically assess the situation in the market. Even top graduates now find it more difficult to get straight into the AI department, so it is important to reduce high expectations, keep learning. (through online courses, internships) and gain experience. Willingness to start from a junior position and develop within the company will greatly increase the chance through 1–2 Go to the middle of the year. For the state: consider the task of increasing the number of IT graduates solved and focus on the quality of personnel. We need measures to encourage universities to update programs, develop retraining centers and support mentoring in companies. Without this, the human resources gap could only deepen, hampering strategic AI initiatives.

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