The Russian Defense Ministry said in its update on Saturday that Russian air defense forces shot down 911 Ukrainian drones across multiple regions of the country over the past day, while Ukraine reported attacking multiple key logistics facilities in Russia.
According to the ministry, Ukrainian drones had been intercepted and destroyed in multiple regions including Moscow Oblast, Belgorod, and Leningrad regions.
Russia's St. Petersburg also came under a massive Ukrainian drone attack on Saturday morning, according to Governor Alexander Beglov, who said on his Max channel that local air defense systems were activated, and the attack left three people with minor injuries.
On Sunday, Ukraine's Air Force issued drone attack warnings in multiple regions across the country. Kiev's military administration said early Sunday morning that air raid sirens had been activated in the capital to counter the threat of hostile drones.
According to information released by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Saturday, Ukrainian forces struck several key Russian military and logistics facilities between Friday and Saturday, including the Kronstadt military base near St. Petersburg, as well as fuel depots in the Leningrad and Krasnodar Krai regions.
Russia reports downing 911 Ukrainian drones; Ukraine claims striking Russian logistics facilities
Russia reports downing 911 Ukrainian drones; Ukraine claims striking Russian logistics facilities
The newly-established World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO) marks a major milestone in AI development and a significant step toward global AI governance, international delegates said on Friday.
Twenty-nine countries on Thursday signed an agreement in Shanghai on establishing WAICO, an independent intergovernmental international organization headquartered in Shanghai.
The organization aims to promote international cooperation and global governance on AI, ensuring that AI is beneficial, safe and fair, thereby promoting its healthy and orderly development to benefit all humanity.
"I think this organization reinforces the need for multilateral cooperation. So you have 29 countries that have come together. I think yesterday's developments underline the importance of the capacity-building that countries around the world are facing an AI divide. There are some countries that do not have the talent, the datasets, the computer infrastructure, the access to the right models, and therefore efforts such as these can help bridge the AI divide," said UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies Amandeep Singh Gill.
Alaa Abdulaal, chief of Digital Economy Intelligence at the Digital Cooperation Organization, also hailed the launch, saying that cooperation is vital to ensure that no country is structurally excluded from the evolving digital landscape.
"Any initiative that is targeted for opening dialogues and innovation and conversation between countries to make sure that everyone is participating in the digital economy is a huge milestone. Whenever we have cooperation, whenever we have different countries, different representation, making sure that no one is left outside AI, it is a huge achievement, definitely," said Abdulaal.
World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization marks milestone in AI development: int'l delegates
