Russia allocates 500M rubles annually for AI textbooks in schools

Russia's Ministry of Education plans to spend 500 million rubles per year on AI and information security textbooks for grades 5-11, emphasizing the need for a sovereign language model. This signals a state-driven push to embed AI literacy in education, with a focus on technological independence. The move is part of a broader trend of Russia investing in domestic AI capabilities amid sanctions.

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