Russia to integrate AI model Gigachat into ISS systems

Published 03/06/2025, 15:40
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Investing.com -- Russia is set to incorporate its domestic artificial intelligence model, Gigachat, into the International Space Station’s (ISS) IT systems, according to the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. Gigachat, a product of Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, is one of the country’s two main large language models (LLM), as Russia aims to keep pace with the United States and China in the global AI race.

Dmitry Bakanov, the chief of Roscosmos, disclosed that the forthcoming mission to the ISS this fall will carry all the necessary equipment for Gigachat to operate. The AI model will aid the crew in processing satellite imagery, doubling the highest resolution from one meter per pixel to 0.5 meters. Bakanov made this announcement at a technology conference in Moscow, describing the AI integration as "direct assistance for the cosmonauts."

Earlier this year, in April, a Russian spacecraft transported American astronaut Jonathan Kim and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexei Zubritsky to the ISS. The next Russian mission to the ISS is scheduled for November 27.

Russia has committed to participating in the ISS until 2028. Additionally, the country has plans to launch the initial two modules of its own new space station in 2027.

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