
A new committee has been created to oversee the regulation of artificial intelligence technologies and digital platforms
Deputy Alexander Sidyakin was approved as chairman of the new committee on digital development and artificial intelligence in the State Duma of the ninth convocation.
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There was no Committee on Digital Development and AI in the last convocation of the State Duma.
MOSCOW, September 30 - RIA Novosti. The State Duma approved deputy Alexander Sidyakin to the post of chairman of the committee on digital development and artificial intelligence in the ninth convocation of the chamber of parliament.
The corresponding decision was made at the first plenary meeting of the State Duma of the ninth convocation. Sidyakin's candidacy was put forward by the United Russia faction.
Sidyakin was a deputy of the State Duma of the eighth convocation. There was no committee with this name in the previous convocation. The Digital Development and AI Committee has been formed to monitor the regulation of artificial intelligence technologies, digital platforms, marketplaces and unmanned systems.
In total, 34 committees will work in the State Duma of the ninth convocation.

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