Yandex
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- subsidiary of Nebius Group 100%
- founded by Arkady Volozh 100%
- parent of Yandex Search 100%
- parent of YandexGPT 100%
- parent of YooMoney 100%
- parent of Yandex Market 100%
- developed by YandexGPT 90%
- developed Yandex Drops 90%
- developed by Shedevrum 90%
- competes with Sběř 80%
- affiliated with YandexGPT 70%
- developed by YandexART 70%
- 2026-07-20 product_launch Yandex launched an AI-powered visual Q&A feature for its smart IP cameras, enabling users to ask Alice about the content of the camera feed. source
- 2026-07-19 research_milestone Yandex reported that students using its AI tutor for the Unified State Exam in computer science scored 10 points higher than the national average. source
- 2026-07-18 product_launch Yandex launched a pilot program for its robotaxi service between its Moscow offices. source
- 2026-06-20 product_launch Yandex open-sourced YaFF, a zero-copy wire format for Protocol Buffers. source
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Shedevrum faces user complaints over censorship, video, and music generation issues
The AI image generator Shedevrum is experiencing issues with content filtering, video generation, and music integration, with users reporting problems on platforms like RuStore and Otzovik.com. While some users attribut…
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AI image generators' watermarks: visible logos removed, invisible tags remain
Users are exploring ways to remove watermarks from AI-generated images, particularly from Google's Gemini and Yandex's Shedevrum. While paid subscriptions can remove visible logos, they do not eliminate invisible waterm…
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AI transcription device Plaud Note Pro faces mixed reviews amid free alternatives
The Plaud Note Pro, a device designed for AI-powered meeting transcription, has received mixed reviews. While some users praise its noise cancellation and speaker diarization, others criticize its subscription limits an…
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Yandex releases two Alice AI apps, causing user confusion
Yandex has released two distinct applications featuring its AI assistant, Alice, leading to user confusion in app stores. One app, "Alice AI: Yandex's Neural Network," is a dedicated chat client for text and image gener…
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AI search engines show high error rates in source attribution, study finds
An independent study by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism revealed that eight AI search engines, including Perplexity and ChatGPT, incorrectly attribute sources in over 60% of cases. This inaccuracy persists even wi…
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YandexGPT 5 Lite now free in browsers, but feature access remains unclear
Yandex has made its advanced AI model, YandexGPT 5 Lite, accessible for free in browsers, though with limitations compared to its paid subscription. While some features like reasoning and image generation are now free f…
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Yandex upgrades Alice AI model, archives first-gen smart speakers
Yandex has transitioned all active Station smart speakers to an advanced Alice model, improving response times and user satisfaction. However, first-generation Station devices from 2018 have been classified as archival,…
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Yandex upgrades Alice AI model for free, but parental controls remain paid
Yandex has upgraded its Alice voice assistant across its smart devices to a more advanced AI model without an additional charge. This upgrade, implemented on March 12, 2026, provides longer responses and improved intera…
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Free AI image tools limit commercial use and resolution, with Google evolving watermark policies
Online AI tools for image editing, such as remove.bg and Photoroom, often restrict commercial use or provide only low-resolution previews on their free tiers. While some services like Photoroom limit exports or prohibit…
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Yandex's Алиса AI adapts tone, creating new brand voice testing needs
Yandex has introduced an update to its Алиса AI that allows it to adapt its communication style, including formality and tone, to better match the user. While this enhances conversational flow, content creators face a n…
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Yandex's Alice AI gains memory, raising privacy questions
Yandex has announced that its AI assistant, Alice, can now remember facts from conversations and adapt to user communication styles. This new feature offers convenience by reducing the need for repeated explanations, bu…
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Yandex smart speaker ownership grows, highlighting distributed home interfaces
Yandex has reported a significant increase in users owning multiple smart speakers, with 6.8 million owners of two or more devices. This trend suggests a shift towards distributed voice interfaces in homes, where users …
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Yandex Shedevrum lacks API; YandexART API offers programmatic access
The application "Shedevrum" does not offer a documented API for developers, as confirmed by official Yandex support pages. While the consumer application generates images, videos, and text, its terms of service restrict…
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Yandex study compares GNN vs end-to-end item embeddings for recommendation systems
Researchers at Yandex have conducted a large-scale study comparing two methods for generating item embeddings in transformer-based recommendation systems: pretrained graph neural network (GNN) embeddings and end-to-end …
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Yandex Cloud AI services confusion leads to integration issues
Yandex Cloud's AI services, specifically YandexGPT, AI Studio, and API Gateway, are often confused due to similar naming conventions, leading to integration issues. YandexGPT is a family of models accessed through AI St…
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Alice smart speaker adoption surges in Russia with multi-room setups
Yandex's smart speaker, Alice, is seeing increased adoption, with 6.8 million Russians now owning two or more devices, a 45% increase year-over-year. This trend indicates a shift towards multi-room audio setups for vari…
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Talordata launches AI-focused search layer with sub-second responses
Talordata has launched a new search layer designed for AI applications, offering sub-second response times and JSON output from major search engines including Google, Microsoft Bing, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo. The service …
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Yandex consolidates AI efforts around Alice assistant
Yandex is consolidating its AI efforts around its voice assistant, Alice, by forming a unified cross-functional team. This strategic move aims to streamline development and accelerate the release of new features for Ali…
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Yandex Shedevrum ranks 11th globally in AI image generation website traffic
Yandex's Shedevrum image generation service ranked 11th globally in website traffic for June 2026, attracting 3.57 million visits. However, this figure only accounts for website traffic and excludes the service's primar…
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Yandex study: Russians ask Alisa more questions than they assign tasks
A recent study by Yandex analyzed 100,000 anonymized user interactions with its AI assistant, Alisa, revealing that over half of all queries (54.4%) are simple questions, while only 27.3% are requests for tasks. This co…