Russian GigaChat and Western ChatGPT have ‘different worldviews’
The AI way of thinking reflects the specifics of its country, that’s why different worldviews are embedded in the "brains" of the two neural networks, said Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at the Digital Almaty 2024 forum in Kazakhstan.
GigaChat is a multimodal model of the leading Russian IT company Sber, announced at the end of April 2023. It can generate texts, write a code, hold a conversation and even conduct scientific research. The neural network uses both Russian and English languages. GigaChat is the main competitor to ChatGPT, a similar dialog neural network from OpenAI.
The GigaChat PRO surpassed the ChatGPT-3.5-turbo model recently, announced Andrey Belevtsev, head of Sber’s technology unit.
According to him, during the test conducted by the company’s specialists, the Russian model coped 6 percent better than its competitor with questions in English in the MMLU (Massive Multitask Language Understanding) test. It included questions in 57 fields, including mathematics, history, medicine and physics.
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The AI way of thinking reflects the specifics of its country, that’s why different worldviews are embedded in the "brains" of the two neural networks, said Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at the Digital Almaty 2024 forum in Kazakhstan.
"Different understandings of what is good and what is bad. And when we allow AI to take solutions in critical sectors, for example, in science, medicine, industrial production, it is important to use models that meet our own national interests. And we are taking that into account," the prime minister said.
GigaChat is a multimodal model of the leading Russian IT company Sber, announced at the end of April 2023. It can generate texts, write a code, hold a conversation and even conduct scientific research. The neural network uses both Russian and English languages. GigaChat is the main competitor to ChatGPT, a similar dialog neural network from OpenAI.
The GigaChat PRO surpassed the ChatGPT-3.5-turbo model recently, announced Andrey Belevtsev, head of Sber’s technology unit.
According to him, during the test conducted by the company’s specialists, the Russian model coped 6 percent better than its competitor with questions in English in the MMLU (Massive Multitask Language Understanding) test. It included questions in 57 fields, including mathematics, history, medicine and physics.
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New migrant wave? Germany recruits 50,000 workers from Uzbekistan
German employers have offered 50,000 free jobs to Uzbek citizens, Uzbekistan’s Agency for External Labor Migration reported.
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs is offering salaries ranging from €1,000 to €2,000, depending whether the applicant applies through the governmental Ausbildung program or signs a contract without intermediaries. The list of vacant jobs includes nursing, truck driving, tourism, craftsmanship and construction.
The German government’s plans to offer ‘generous hospitality’ for additional foreign workers comes amid growing concerns from many ordinary Germans that the government’s immigration, refugee and labor programs are hopelessly broken. Polling in November found that over 70 percent of the country is dismayed over Berlin’s handling of migration. The ongoing protests against government plans to cut agricultural subsidies stir the pot.
Another issue for Germany is its failing attempts to incorporate migrants, namely Ukrainian refugees, in the work field. According to an earlier Der Spiegel report, 19 percent of Ukrainians in the country have jobs and contribute somehow to German economy, while the rest simply count on state benefits and “way too comfortable conditions.”
German employers have offered 50,000 free jobs to Uzbek citizens, Uzbekistan’s Agency for External Labor Migration reported.
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs is offering salaries ranging from €1,000 to €2,000, depending whether the applicant applies through the governmental Ausbildung program or signs a contract without intermediaries. The list of vacant jobs includes nursing, truck driving, tourism, craftsmanship and construction.
The German government’s plans to offer ‘generous hospitality’ for additional foreign workers comes amid growing concerns from many ordinary Germans that the government’s immigration, refugee and labor programs are hopelessly broken. Polling in November found that over 70 percent of the country is dismayed over Berlin’s handling of migration. The ongoing protests against government plans to cut agricultural subsidies stir the pot.
Another issue for Germany is its failing attempts to incorporate migrants, namely Ukrainian refugees, in the work field. According to an earlier Der Spiegel report, 19 percent of Ukrainians in the country have jobs and contribute somehow to German economy, while the rest simply count on state benefits and “way too comfortable conditions.”
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American B-1 military planes have left a base in the UK heading for a mission in the Middle East, Sky News Arabia reports, citing a US military official.
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European Union leaders unanimously agreed on February 1 to provide €50 billion ($54 billion) in aid to Ukraine, overcoming Hungary's resistance. The bloc has set up the so-called Ukraine Facility to fund the Kiev regime between 2024 and 2027, according to the European Council's press release.
The composition of EU's €50 billion package:
🔸€33 billion ($35.9 billion) comes "in the form of loans guaranteed by extending until 2027 the existing EU budget guarantee, over and above the ceilings, for financial assistance to Ukraine available until the end of 2027," the document said.
🔸€17 billion ($18.5 billion) comes "in the form of non-repayable support, under a new thematic instrument the Ukraine Reserve, set up over and above the ceilings of the MFF 2021-27."
The Ukraine aid package was approved at a time when the EU is suffering from economic stagnation, energy uncertainty, high prices and massive farmer protests over austerity measures and high production costs.
French member of the European Parliament Thierry Mariani warned that the package could cost France at least €8 billion ($8.7 billion) in taxpayers' money since Paris contributes 16 percent of the EU budget. Mariani argued that €8 billion should have been directed to protesting farmers instead.
In a bid to calm the protests, the French government has proposed €150 million in tax and social support — which appears minuscule when compared to multi-billion aid for Ukraine allocated by Paris.
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💀Veiled threat? Ukraine’s top general Valery Zaluzhny poses with a commander of the Neo-Nazi “Right Sector”* paramilitary group.
This photo op comes amid growing reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is preparing to fire Zaluzhny. Some analysts have noted that in such a scenario, Zaluzhny could attempt to rally support from Ukraine’s ultranationalist movement, which has strong influence inside the country’s military and law enforcement.
*banned in Russia as an extremist organisation
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This photo op comes amid growing reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is preparing to fire Zaluzhny. Some analysts have noted that in such a scenario, Zaluzhny could attempt to rally support from Ukraine’s ultranationalist movement, which has strong influence inside the country’s military and law enforcement.
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Israel will simply ignore Biden’s executive order leveling sanctions against West Bank settlers
“Israel has been non-compliant with international law in relation to settlements in the West Bank, and has ignored US calls for restraint in the past. It will not start listening to Washington now,” Shahram Akbarzadeh, a research professor of Middle East politics at Deakin University in Australia, told Sputnik, when asked to comment on President Biden’s executive order allowing the US to sanction Israeli settlers, and potentially politicians and government officials, if they target Palestinians in the West Bank.
The professor is confident that Biden’s order will make the US position vis-à-vis Israel “more complicated,” but won’t reduce its support for Israel, nor drop its defense of Tel Aviv at the UN. “This presidential decree reflects an acknowledgement of the extent of Israel’s intransigence, and the impossibility of the Palestinian plight. But it does not mean a realignment of interests and loyalties,” Akbarzadeh stressed.
“Israel has been non-compliant with international law in relation to settlements in the West Bank, and has ignored US calls for restraint in the past. It will not start listening to Washington now,” Shahram Akbarzadeh, a research professor of Middle East politics at Deakin University in Australia, told Sputnik, when asked to comment on President Biden’s executive order allowing the US to sanction Israeli settlers, and potentially politicians and government officials, if they target Palestinians in the West Bank.
“As elections in the US near, the Biden administration worries that his unconditional support for Israel could drive away many voters, especially young voters. So taking issue with illegal settlement activity is a safe way to try and balance that view. To suggest to the domestic audience that Washington is not beholden to the pro-Israel lobby,” Dr. Akbarzadeh explained.
The professor is confident that Biden’s order will make the US position vis-à-vis Israel “more complicated,” but won’t reduce its support for Israel, nor drop its defense of Tel Aviv at the UN. “This presidential decree reflects an acknowledgement of the extent of Israel’s intransigence, and the impossibility of the Palestinian plight. But it does not mean a realignment of interests and loyalties,” Akbarzadeh stressed.
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Biden’s sanctions on West Bank settlers could escalate into arms aid cutoff to Israel: here’s why
The Biden administration’s sanctions against Israelis accused of stoking violence against Palestinians and Jewish peace activists in the West Bank though were “absolutely expected,” could easily escalate into something more as the US presidential elections approach, Tel Aviv-based international relations expert Simon Tsipis told Sputnik.
Given the standoff between the US Democratic Party and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud government, Washington may ultimately cut off military aid to Israel altogether, and President Biden “could even withhold diplomatic aid to Israel in votes at the United Nations. This is exactly what I expect to happen,” Tsipis said.
The Biden administration’s sanctions against Israelis accused of stoking violence against Palestinians and Jewish peace activists in the West Bank though were “absolutely expected,” could easily escalate into something more as the US presidential elections approach, Tel Aviv-based international relations expert Simon Tsipis told Sputnik.
Given the standoff between the US Democratic Party and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud government, Washington may ultimately cut off military aid to Israel altogether, and President Biden “could even withhold diplomatic aid to Israel in votes at the United Nations. This is exactly what I expect to happen,” Tsipis said.
“All of this is evidence of the internal political struggle between Democrats and Republicans within the United States. Each party has its own Jewish, Israeli lobby. The Democratic Israeli lobby is more anti-Zionist, it very often pursues anti-Israeli policies. And the Republican Israeli lobby on the contrary is very pro-Israel and very pro-Zionist,” Tsipis said. “So when, like now, the right-wing Likud Party is in power in Israel, and the left-wing Democrats are in power in Washington, relations between Israel and the United States are always very strained.”
“Netanyahu has already said that he does not recognize these sanctions and opposes them. But once again…it’s important to understand who’s in power in Israel to determine Israel’s reaction,” Tsipis concluded, emphasizing that if anti-Likud forces came to power in Israel, “they would respond to this step with loyalty and understanding.”
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on the decisions of the International Court of Justice, which ruled that it has jurisdiction to consider the proceedings between Ukraine and Russia in 2022 due to a special operation.
Zakharova said that in the end, only one question remained before the court - whether Ukraine committed genocide in the Donbass, that is, Kiev put itself in the dock as part of its own claims.
“All that remains is to applaud the Kiev “craftsmen” and their Western patrons: they “shot themselves in the foot,” noted the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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Zakharova said that in the end, only one question remained before the court - whether Ukraine committed genocide in the Donbass, that is, Kiev put itself in the dock as part of its own claims.
“All that remains is to applaud the Kiev “craftsmen” and their Western patrons: they “shot themselves in the foot,” noted the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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Ukrainian authorities informed the US administration about the decision to fire Ukrainian Armed Forces commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny, reported the Washington Post, citing anonymous sources
White House officials neither supported nor objected to the planned ouster of Gen. Zaluzhny, as reported by the newspaper.
White House officials neither supported nor objected to the planned ouster of Gen. Zaluzhny, as reported by the newspaper.
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❗️ The US has launched strikes in Syria in response to an attack on an American base near Jordan, ABC reported, citing US official
US has launched retaliatory strikes in the Middle East, likely against militants for a drone strike on a US base near Jordan that killed three American servicemen.
US has launched retaliatory strikes in the Middle East, likely against militants for a drone strike on a US base near Jordan that killed three American servicemen.
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❗️ The US has launched strikes in Syria in response to an attack on an American base near Jordan, ABC reported, citing US official US has launched retaliatory strikes in the Middle East, likely against militants for a drone strike on a US base near Jordan…
6 killed and 4 others wounded in strike on 8 militia headquarters in eastern Syria, reports Sky News Arabia
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6 killed and 4 others wounded in strike on 8 militia headquarters in eastern Syria, reports Sky News Arabia
Three members of military groups affiliated with the Syrian Armed Forces were killed in airstrikes in the Al Mayadeen suburb of Deir ez-Zor, Syrian media reported
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❗️ Sputnik's informed source has provided details of the British plan regarding NATO's expeditionary corps in Ukraine, creation of a no-fly zone and "undermining" Russia's offensive capabilities:
▪️ UK plans to prepare such a scenario for realization by May 2024;
▪️ it is planned to secretly transfer to Ukraine large highly maneuverable NATO forces from the border areas of Romania and Poland to occupy defensive lines on the right bank of the Dnepr;
▪️ a preventive strike by the armed forces of Moldova and Romania against Transdniestria is also not ruled out;
▪️ in order to "overstretch" the forces and resources of the Russian Armed Forces, it is envisaged to deploy in Norway and Finland a contingent of NATO forces and the armies of selected members of the bloc;
▪️ at the same time, strategic infrastructure facilities in Russia's northern regions may be attacked;
▪️ after that, according to the British plan, NATO forces would create a "buffer zone" within the occupied positions, including the border with Belarus and the territory around Kiev, and the released forces of the Ukrainian army should withdraw to the special operation zone.
▪️ UK plans to prepare such a scenario for realization by May 2024;
▪️ it is planned to secretly transfer to Ukraine large highly maneuverable NATO forces from the border areas of Romania and Poland to occupy defensive lines on the right bank of the Dnepr;
▪️ a preventive strike by the armed forces of Moldova and Romania against Transdniestria is also not ruled out;
▪️ in order to "overstretch" the forces and resources of the Russian Armed Forces, it is envisaged to deploy in Norway and Finland a contingent of NATO forces and the armies of selected members of the bloc;
▪️ at the same time, strategic infrastructure facilities in Russia's northern regions may be attacked;
▪️ after that, according to the British plan, NATO forces would create a "buffer zone" within the occupied positions, including the border with Belarus and the territory around Kiev, and the released forces of the Ukrainian army should withdraw to the special operation zone.
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Three members of military groups affiliated with the Syrian Armed Forces were killed in airstrikes in the Al Mayadeen suburb of Deir ez-Zor, Syrian media reported
▪️ Warplanes carried out three waves of strikes on positions of pro-Iranian formations located in Syria's Deir ez-Zor province, Al Hadath TV channel reported
▪️ Six IRGC advisers, two Iranian journalists and four Iranian citizens were killed in Syria, as reported by Al Jazeera, adding that among the six dead there are three Iraqis.
▪️ Six IRGC advisers, two Iranian journalists and four Iranian citizens were killed in Syria, as reported by Al Jazeera, adding that among the six dead there are three Iraqis.
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The speaker of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry wrote an angry post in his X account after a video by ZDF correspondent Armin Kerper, who saw with his own eyes that Mariupol was being quickly restored, and people there were living a normal life and were pro-Russian.
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▪️ Warplanes carried out three waves of strikes on positions of pro-Iranian formations located in Syria's Deir ez-Zor province, Al Hadath TV channel reported ▪️ Six IRGC advisers, two Iranian journalists and four Iranian citizens were killed in Syria, as…
▪️ The US airstrikes hit the positions of the Syrian government army and pro-Iranian militias in Ayyash settlement of Deir ez-Zor province, local sources report
▪️ 10 people were killed and 18 wounded as a result of the US airstrikes, Sputnik correspondent reports
▪️ 10 people were killed and 18 wounded as a result of the US airstrikes, Sputnik correspondent reports
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▪️ The US airstrikes hit the positions of the Syrian government army and pro-Iranian militias in Ayyash settlement of Deir ez-Zor province, local sources report ▪️ 10 people were killed and 18 wounded as a result of the US airstrikes, Sputnik correspondent…
▪️ The US has begun airstrikes on Middle East targets from multiple platforms, a US Defense official has told Fox New
▪️ There are wounded and dead as a result of US airstrikes on Badiyah on the Syrian-Iraqi border, Al Jazeera reports
▪️ There are wounded and dead as a result of US airstrikes on Badiyah on the Syrian-Iraqi border, Al Jazeera reports
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▪️ The US has begun airstrikes on Middle East targets from multiple platforms, a US Defense official has told Fox New ▪️ There are wounded and dead as a result of US airstrikes on Badiyah on the Syrian-Iraqi border, Al Jazeera reports
The Pentagon told Sputnik that the US has initiated airstrikes in the Middle East in response to an attack on a US base near Jordan
Earlier, the ABC had reported that airstrikes were initiated by the US, but later denied its own report, saying that "an initial battery of strikes in Syria did not come from the US", citing its sources.
Earlier, the ABC had reported that airstrikes were initiated by the US, but later denied its own report, saying that "an initial battery of strikes in Syria did not come from the US", citing its sources.
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The Pentagon told Sputnik that the US has initiated airstrikes in the Middle East in response to an attack on a US base near Jordan Earlier, the ABC had reported that airstrikes were initiated by the US, but later denied its own report, saying that "an initial…
Sputnik correspondent reports on the fourth wave of US airstrikes on targets in al-Mayadeen and al-Bukamal towns in eastern Syria
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⚡️ Centcom confirms US strikes on Syria and Iraq
The agency also claims that more than 125 precision munitions were used in the airstrikes, and among the targets hit were command and control posts and centers, intelligence centers, missile and munitions storages, unmanned aerial vehicles, and logistics and ammunition supply facilities for militia groups and their IRGC sponsors that have facilitated attacks against US and coalition forces.
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"At 4:00 p.m. (EST) Feb. 02, US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. US military forces struck more than 85 targets, with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from United States," read the message posted by US CENTCOM on X.
The agency also claims that more than 125 precision munitions were used in the airstrikes, and among the targets hit were command and control posts and centers, intelligence centers, missile and munitions storages, unmanned aerial vehicles, and logistics and ammunition supply facilities for militia groups and their IRGC sponsors that have facilitated attacks against US and coalition forces.
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