On December 4, 2023, Chairman of the Board of JSC NADI QazInnovations Akhanov S.Zh. together with the First Vice Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry, as well as representatives from the Digital Government Support Center visited ISSAI (Institute of Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence) at Nazarbayev University.
ISSAI was founded in September 2019, with the aim of serving as a driving force for research and innovation in the digital sphere of Kazakhstan in the field of artificial intelligence research. The Institute, located in the C4 research building of Nazarbayev University, conducts interdisciplinary research in the field of machine intelligence to solve real problems of industry and society. During the meeting, technical developments of a prototype robot, modern solutions in the field of artificial intelligence, allowing voice-to-text and text-to-voice processing in the Kazakh language, as well as in the languages of Turkic countries, were demonstrated.
We also got acquainted with the work of Umay – AI, a prototype assistant with an interface in the Kazakh language.
We discussed with the director of the Institute, Hussein Varol Atakan, the current situation in the AI industry, and the prospects for its development in Kazakhstan.