Yandex B2B Tech, the corporate division of Yandex, has launched open-source visual-generative models (VLM) on its proprietary ML platform that simultaneously analyze images and text. With VLM models such as Deepseek VL2 Tiny and Gemma3 27B, companies will be able to create product descriptions from photos and quickly find the information they need in documents.
The cold start problem in "machine learning" (ML) is a typical issue faced by systems based on "machine learning." It is particularly relevant for recommendation systems. A neural network trained on a dataset needs to make a prediction about what will best meet the user's needs, but it does not have enough data to do so. Our consultant in preparing this article was Olga Kovaleva, a senior analyst-developer at Yandex.
Test IT, a business unit of "Develonica" (Softline Group), has released a major update to its eponymous test management platform. The key update to TMS in version 5.3 Reticulum is integration with AI models YandexGPT and GigaChat. According to the developers, the AI functionality can reduce the time to generate test scenarios by an average of 30%, and for initial test analysis by 50%.
A new media format has appeared in Avito Advertising for the main page of the branded Rabota service. It is designed to increase brand awareness as an employer.
Telemost has been updated in the Yandex 360 universal set of services for work. Now, corporate clients do not have to spend time compiling "minutes" - summaries of what was agreed upon during a video meeting.
The Yandex Research Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, in collaboration with scientific and technological universities such as HSE University, MIT, KAUST, and ISTA, has developed a method for rapidly compressing large language models (LLMs) without losing quality. The developers emphasized that now, a smartphone or laptop is sufficient to work with the models, eliminating the need for expensive servers and powerful GPUs.
The "MTS Link" platform for business communication, training, and collaboration has received a useful update. In the "Forms" service for tests, surveys, and polls, a neural network has started working, which will automatically check the answers given by respondents in their own words.
MTS AI conducted a large-scale survey among Russian developers to find out how they use artificial intelligence tools in their work. The results were contradictory: 70% of programmers are dissatisfied with the quality of code generated by AI, but most admit that these assistants speed up and simplify development.
The MTS AI team has announced the launch of the second generation of the Kodify AI assistant for developers. The updated AI assistant supports 90 programming languages.
Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has begun construction of a giant data center in Memphis, Tennessee. Dubbed "Project Colossus," this facility could become the world's largest dedicated data processing center for AI, underscoring Musk's ambitions in the race for leadership in this field.
Microsoft is preparing to launch a new feature that will allow users to customize their AI assistants to individual needs. According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, the company plans to introduce customization tools into its artificial intelligence-based products, including Copilot and other services.
The second generation of the large language model Cotype Pro is focused on creating corporate AI assistants. According to developers from MTS, the new version is 40% faster than the previous one and 50% more accurate in processing long texts - up to 128 thousand tokens (about 900 thousand characters).
The Bell Integrator team, part of the Softline group of companies, has developed a new platform that uses large language models (LLM) to automate routine operations for analysts, developers, and testers.
The new MTS Web Services B2B service uses over 300 mobile devices on iOS and Android, as well as 100 browser configurations for manual and automated testing in real time and via API.
Sberbank has presented the updated GigaChat 2.0 model line. According to the MERA benchmark, the flagship model GigaChat 2 MAX ranks first among AI models for the Russian language. In international tests, the new line outperforms GPT-4o, DeepSeek-V3, LLaMA 70B, and Qwen2.5 in a number of indicators.