YaC 2025 AI Edition (AI column)

Another YaC. (Yet another Conference) Yandex demonstrate The transition of artificial intelligence from the status of technology for enthusiasts to a mass tool for everyday tasks. The film introduces the idea that AI should become a “habit”, helping to solve real problems without having to understand technical details like “pretrane” and “inference”. As the film progresses, we see Alice AI transform into an empathic assistant who understands the context of the user and integrates into all the services of the ecosystem – from the browser to delivery robots.

As far as the target audience is concerned, the film is broadly targeted.

• Mass users: parents (speech-training)tourists (trekking)buyers (search for discounted goods 30%) Professionals: lawyers (analysis 100- page bills)doctors (diagnostics)entrepreneurs (Tasks through Alice Pro) Tech enthusiasts: lovers of prompting (platform)developers (70% of Yandex employees use AI daily)

The film lasts just over an hour and is divided into six thematic blocks with natural transitions between hardware, software and strategy: 1Alice AI: from chat to ecosystem Enriched answers with maps, pictures, recipes Examples from life: a tourist collects a backpack for Nepal and reduces weight 13 before 7–8 Kg thanks to Alice analysis; the parent generates speech-language puzzles with the letter "R" Creative generation: the revival of black and white photos causes emotions in users

2Prompts and agents Prompthab - a platform for the exchange of templates Agents - a system on neural networks that automates chains of action (An example of an agent "Find Cheaper") NeuroGus – Yandex’s internal award for AI projects

3Integration into services: Market as an example

• Search by natural queries: "Gather everything to make roast beef" → Alice offers a thermometer, boards, knives, specifies the budget Multimodal search: photo of a person → analysis of clothes → selection of “similar onions” taking into account personal preferences

4Alice About and Business Cases

• Alice Pro: for corporate tasks (integration of mail, disk, wiki) Neurolawyer: analysis of bills, claims, contracts. 75% of Yandex lawyers use the tool to save money 2 weekly 10 requests. Case with PVZ Yandex Market: new employees solve questions about returns and dimensions through Alice Pro

5лез AI + "iron"

• Devices: Drops headphones (voice-writing), recorder with summation of meetings, IP camera ("If the cat is on the table, start the vacuum cleaner.")
• Delivery robots: 20 000 rover 2027 yearly (launch in St. Petersburg, Kazan, Innopolis). Factory 1500 Robots/months, each passing through 50 testing and calibration 20 minutes. Neural networks control navigation, bypass obstacles in real time Autonomous truck: lidars, cameras, AI for maneuvers (The system is trained on driver data)

6Medicine and the future MRI analysis for newborns: the neural network determines brain volumes and substances to identify the risks of cerebral palsy, reducing the analysis time from days to minutes The future of work: AI does not replace people, but creates new places (Save routine, increase creativity). 70% of Yandex employees use AI daily (growth 30percent 2023)

In general, the film positions Yandex as the first company in Russia to turn AI from hype into a utilitarian tool for millions - from small-scale tasks. (backpacking) critically (diagnostics)

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