{"slug": "russia-to-test-ai-models-for-traditional-spiritual-and-moral-values", "title": "Russia to test AI models for traditional spiritual and moral values", "summary": "Russia will require AI models to align with the nation's 'traditional spiritual and moral values' before they can be sold to the state, according to a report by the Russian business daily Vedomosti. The policy, which introduces testing for AI models against these values, affects developers seeking government contracts.", "body_md": "If you want to sell AI to the Russian state, you're going to have [to tune it to the nation's \"traditional spiritual and moral values\" before you have a shot](https://moscowmonitor.com/292/russia-to-test-ai-models-against-traditional-values-for-national-status/), reports *Vedomosti*, a Russian-language business daily out of Moscow. — [Read the rest ](https://boingboing.net/2026/08/14/russia-to-test-ai-models-for-traditional-spiritual-and-moral-values.html)\n\nThe post [Russia to test AI models for traditional spiritual and moral values](https://boingboing.net/2026/08/14/russia-to-test-ai-models-for-traditional-spiritual-and-moral-values.html) appeared first on [Boing Boing](https://boingboing.net).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/russia-to-test-ai-models-for-traditional-spiritual-and-moral-values", "canonical_source": "https://boingboing.net/2026/08/14/russia-to-test-ai-models-for-traditional-spiritual-and-moral-values.html", "published_at": "2026-08-14 18:52:43+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-14 19:40:43.582636+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Vedomosti", "Russia"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/russia-to-test-ai-models-for-traditional-spiritual-and-moral-values", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/russia-to-test-ai-models-for-traditional-spiritual-and-moral-values.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/russia-to-test-ai-models-for-traditional-spiritual-and-moral-values.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/russia-to-test-ai-models-for-traditional-spiritual-and-moral-values.jsonld"}}