yandex — AI Digest

26 авг Sber and Yandex cut LLM token prices — GigaChat down 67%, YandexGPT Pro down 33% (Nodul research) Sber / Yandex industry
30 апр Yandex Commerce Protocol: first retailers launch sales via Alice AI Yandex industry
2 мая Yandex launches YandexGPT-based AI assistants for schools and EdTech Yandex tools
27 авг Yandex NeuroLawyer add-in lands inside Microsoft Word Yandex tools
27 авг Yandex builds first federal AI course for 250,000 Russian teachers Yandex industry
12 сен Yandex open-sources Alice AI Search Pretrain, the base model behind AI answers in Search Yandex models-llm
16 сен Yandex's Alice AI now picks the intelligence level for each request, with free Expert mode Yandex models-llm
21 сен Yandex open-sources Alice AI Search Pretrain, a compact hybrid encoder-decoder MoE model Yandex models-llm
22 сен Yandex open-sources AliceAI Foundation 80B-A3B, a from-scratch Russian base model under Apache 2.0 Yandex models-llm
6 сен Yandex merges VLM and LLM into a single omnimodel powering Alice AI Yandex models-llm
18 июн Yandex Open-Sources YaFF Data Format, Saving Up to 20% Server Capacity Yandex tools
25 авг Yandex opens medical AI assistant to all Russian doctors Yandex industry
8 сен Yandex appoints new tech directors for Alice AI, Search and Smart Devices Yandex industry
10 сен Yandex brings a voice-cloned Leo Tolstoy AI character to Alice AI and Yandex Station Yandex tools
23 окт Yandex Cloud restores access to 90.47% of customer data after data-center strikes Yandex industry
6 сен Yandex explains what Android's default-assistant role actually grants Alice AI, denying 'full access' claims Yandex tools
29 апр Yandex announces results of the Yandex AI Startup Lab accelerator Yandex industry
22 июл Yandex disputes Sber CEO's claim it relies on Alibaba's Qwen for AI Yandex industry
29 авг Yandex launches Yandex Sim mobile operator with call-transcribing AI assistant Yandex tools
29 авг Alisa AI learns to turn handwritten photos into structured notes Yandex tools
30 авг Russian AI Alliance asks Duma to allow training on publicly available works; Mincifry rejects retroactive payments industry
8 сен Yandex, MTS and Sber are building control systems for AI agents industry
13 сен Yandex Maps AI chat learns to find places along a route between two points Yandex tools
17 сен Yandex-built AI course for school teachers opens enrollment on Gosuslugi Yandex industry
17 окт Yandex restores most AI services after data center attacks Yandex industry
16 июл Yandex Extends ISO/IEC 42001 AI Safety Certification to Full Alice AI Model Family Yandex industry
5 сен Yandex says Alice AI ran normally through the September 3 global AI outage Yandex industry
8 сен Yandex ships first major firmware update for Alice AI earbuds Drops and smart devices Yandex audio
22 сен Yandex names laureates of the international Yandex ML Prize 2026 Yandex industry