Overview
- State television aired the Sberbank demonstration in which the robot introduced itself as Green and performed a dance for President Vladimir Putin.
- Green described itself as the first Russian humanoid with embedded artificial intelligence and presented itself as a physical embodiment of the technology.
- Sberbank said the robot’s software will be continuously upgraded and that a pilot program will integrate the system into parts of the bank’s operations.
- At the same event, Putin called generative AI a strategic priority and said leading countries are competing for foundational language models, emphasizing the need for more computing power and energy.
- Kremlin bodyguards closely monitored the interaction and kept the robot at a distance, and the appearance followed days after another Russian robot, Aidol, fell during its stage debut.