Roskomnadzor allocated 57.7 million rubles for the development of a search system for prohibited content

The “Main Radio Frequency Center” (FSUE GRCHTS, a structure of Roskomnadzor) allocated 57.7 million rubles. to develop the Oculus system, which, using artificial intelligence technologies, will analyze photos, videos and texts on the Internet and identify prohibited content. To the data on the public procurement website drew the attention of Kommersant.

The development of the Oculus system will be undertaken by Eksikyushn RDC LLC. The technology needs to be created by December 12, 2022.

According to the technical documentation, the system will analyze images and videos, publications of messenger channels, URLs and other data in real time based on neural networks for illegal information. Oculus should also implement “the functionality of catalogs of defined symbols, scenes and actions, personalities.” It is noted that the system should check two pictures per second.

Prohibited content includes, among other things, materials with signs of extremism and terrorism, calls for mass illegal events, information about suicide methods and drug manufacturing methods, as well as propaganda of homosexuality.

However, the interlocutor of Kommersant in a large IT company, who is familiar with the content of the terms of reference, is skeptical about the project. According to him, it is impossible to complete the task for such a sum and in such a short time.

Vladimir Arlazarov, CEO of Smart Engines, has a different opinion. He believes that it is possible to create a system with a quality of about 90%, that is, 10% of the analysis will be with errors. But the expert is also surprised by the timing. According to him, “only collecting representative training datasets can take much longer.”

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