Kremlin says Vladimir Putin does not use AI himself, but that officials who work for him do

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin does not use artificial intelligence tools himself, but officials who work for him do, the Kremlin said on Thursday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov added that the Kremlin used AI tools to help sort through citizens’ questions during Putin’s annual question-and-answer event.

Putin on Wednesday called for a national task force to coordinate Russia’s work on homegrown generative artificial intelligence models, which he said were vital to preserving Russian sovereignty.

An AI-powered robot danced for Putin on Wednesday at an exhibition put on by Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, designed to showcase the company’s technological advances.

(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Writing by Lucy PapachristouEditing by Andrew Osborn)