VP Yandex Search, Alexander Popovskiy: Security Is Always The Leading

Vice President Yandex Search, Alexander Popovskiy when filling an AI seminar at UGM. (Photo; Doc. Special)

JAKARTA - VP of Strategy at Yandex Search Alexander Popovskiy spoke on the topic of "Generative AI Ethics: moving towards a safer technology environment" in an AI seminar in UGM, December 27, 2023. This AI campaign is the result of collaboration between Yandex, Kominfo, and a number of top companies in the country.

In the panel discussion, Alexander Popovskiy gave an overview of Yandex's AI solutions and how the solutions were integrated into the Yandex ecosystem and shared Yandex's principles when developing artificial intelligence solutions, such as developing AIs whose decision-making is safe, obeying safety standards, and creating impartial content. technology that accurately reflects reality.

Alexander also talked about the AI Code of Ethics a set of principles and guiding rules designed to create a safe and trusted environment for AI development. According to Popovskiy, this Code of Ethics, developed by alliances of Russian technology companies, countries, scientific communities, and public institutions, is intended to provide recommendations in ethical decision making when creating and using AI, minimizing unethical AI use, and helping to regulate relationships between humans and companies developing AI solutions.

Yandex Search VP Strategy Alexander Popovskiy: "When creating and training machine learning models, engineers rely on various principles, and most importantly security. Of course, the accuracy of the answers and uses of neural networks in general is also important, but security is always at the forefront.

Furthermore, Popovskiy also explained that currently the global public is waiting for answers related to AI ethics. This is also Yandex's consideration for perfecting a safe AI model.

The whole world is looking for answers to these questions: when is the right time for AI to answer, and when should AI refrain from giving a response? What is ethical and true? How to create a really useful solution? and comprehensive technology without sacrificing safety? On Yandex, we really care about these questions. We continue to improve our model so that it is not only useful and effective for our users but also safe".

The AI campaign, which is supported by Yandex and Kominfo, will continue on a number of other leading Indonesian campuses including in Bandung and Jakarta by holding more seminars on Artificial Intelligence in 2024.