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Ukrainian drone attacks damaged major Russian data centers belonging to Yandex, Sberbank, and VKontakte, disrupting digital services and AI systems. The strikes impaired supercomputers used for AI model development, causing widespread outages and setbacks to Russia's AI research and ambitions. Recovery is expected to be prolonged and challenging.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The event involves the use and damage of AI systems' infrastructure (data centres hosting AI supercomputers and services) which has directly led to widespread disruption of AI services and setbacks in AI development. The harm includes disruption of critical infrastructure (cloud services, banking, e-commerce), harm to AI development capabilities, and consequential economic and societal impacts. The AI system involvement is explicit (Yandex's AI services and supercomputers), and the harm is realized, not just potential. Thus, it meets the criteria for an AI Incident rather than a hazard or complementary information.[AI generated]