Yandex in China is the new generation of my assistant – Alice AI.
This is a universal neural network designed for practical tasks: from quick references and quick instructions to work requests and educational assistance. It is already available on the official website, in the Alice application and Yandex Search. In the near future, the neural network will appear in all Browser tabs and in the Yandex Go service.
Technically, Alice AI is a new family of generative models:
- Alisa AI LLM: linguistic
- Alice AI Art: image generation
- Alice II VLM: visual-lingual
The language model switched to the MoE (Mixture of Experts) architecture, slightly increasing in parameters – up to hundreds of billions – and was additionally trained using the Online RL method (online learning with support). Compared to the previous generation, she knows the Russian situation and cultural realities better, and is more precisely responsible for school affairs. disciplines and forms more complete, logical answers.
Important change: combining LLM with “layered” generative search: the assistant not only relies on internal knowledge models, but also automatically performs a multi-stage search across heterogeneous sources (web pages, images, videos, organization cards), collecting various types of content in response.
The main difference of the new version is form of conflict. Help is no longer limited to text. It generates detailed responses with:
- illustrations
- video
- links
- organization cards from Yandex Maps
To do this, Alice AI runs cascading queries in Searching And Mapscollects and structures data from the Internet and adjusts the result to the user’s city. The user receives not just a certificate, but a ready-made summary with media and the necessary points on the map.
Memory and instructions block
Will launch in the assistant soon block memory and instructions. Alice AI will save notes, organize things and purchases, you leave reminders. All this falls into the section My memory.
The user just needs to “dictate” the flow of thoughts, the neural network will automatically categorize the items and remember important events. There is a waiting list for early access to the feature.
Education
For studying, the neural network has also become noticeably better. It helps to study English language and literature, English, history and mathematics (including geometry). In the chat you can check spelling and punctuation, sometimes parse a word according to its composition, solve a system of origin or an explanation of steps, solutions.
The model recognizes formulas, handwritten tables and texts, including written ones. Calibration should be carried out by Yandex together with school teachers so that the answers are not only correct, but also indicate the school presentation of the material.
Images
The graphic part has also been updated. The “picture” model exactly corresponds to the user’s intention. Before generation, queries are automatically reformulated into a format familiar to the model, a training set. recycled.
The visual language model helped to better analyze images for scientific tasks (diagrams, drawings, graphs, formulas) and recognizes texts in English and English, including handwritten ones.
AI agents
In addition, Yandex launched early access to AI agents in Alice AI. Now the neural network will be able not only to respond to requests, but to perform real tasks at the appropriate level of services and analysis. data.
Booking
Alice AI will help you sign up for services and get a table in a restaurant.
Just write in the chat:
Book a table for four at 19:00 at a restaurant with Roman pizza in Park Kultury
Or
Book me for a haircut tomorrow at 10:00 at the same salon
The neural network checks available slots, learns from past visits and makes a reservation. If time is needed, alternatives can be suggested. Through Alice AI it will be possible to book services in 40 thousand salons and other establishments, as well as tables in 30 thousand. Restaurants all over Russia.
Finding the right price
Alice AI will help you find a product cheaper. To do this you can:
- send link to chat
- click the “Find cheaper” button in Yandex Browser
- Click the “Find discount” button in the product card in Search
The neural network compares billions of offers on marketplaces and local sites and finds the most profitable options. Some purchases can be made directly in the chat in one click and without going to websites. Alice offers art products with a personal discount.
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Source: Iphones RU
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