Russia is developing a program for implanting chips into the human brain

As Kommersant reports with reference to a copy of the letter from the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeev to the President of Russia

Vladimir Putin, the new program is designed for the period until 2029 and is estimated at 54 billion rubles.

The program is aimed at developing technologiesbrain-computer interface (BCI) is a set of hardware and software systems that allow controlling external devices (a computer or exoskeleton) directly using electrical signals from the brain, which are transformed into control commands using artificial intelligence technologies.

In addition, the program involves the creationinterfaces for controlling complex systems, for example, aircraft, nuclear power plants, cars, both directly and remotely. In addition, scientists intend to create technologies that will be able to independently form goals, assess the situation, predict development and make decisions. New technologies will allow people to work in inaccessible places with high radiation and space.

However, the Ministry of Science and Higher EducationAfter publication of the news, they stated that the specified program does not have funding. At the end of last year, a decision was made at the government level that its development was inappropriate.

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