China and Russia Forge Major Tech Collaboration To Challenge US [Video]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the government and Sberbank, Moscow’s largest state-owned bank, to collaborate with China on developing AI technology in what is likely an effort to challenge the U.S., according to Reuters.

In instructions on the Kremlin’s website published on Wednesday, Putin wrote that the entities should “ensure further cooperation with the People’s Republic of China in technological research and development in the field of artificial intelligence.”

Newsweek reached out to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the U.K. for comment via email.

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