Putin Says Nation That Leads In AI 'Will Be Ruler Of The World'

The software will also analyse news, social media, CCTV and public transport data to foresee upcoming riots, and has drawn comparisons to the Tom Cruise film Minority Report (pictured)

Daily Mail: Russia develops Minority Report-style AI that will be able to predict riots and protests - after Putin said nation that leads in AI 'will be ruler of the world'

* Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said to be developing special AI software

* Technology will use machine learning to detect and prevent riots and protests

* The software is set to be rolled out in 2022 as part of Russia's 'Safe City' project

* Move is the latest part of a Kremlin crackdown on dissent that started with the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny

Russia is believed to be developing a special Artificial Intelligence (AI) software to predict and then prevent riots and protests in the latest part of a Kremlin crackdown on dissent.

The technology will use machine learning to carry out a 'multi-factor, comprehensive analysis of the likelihood of riots and unauthorised public events' taking place and then alerts security services to them.

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