Yandex has unveiled its latest video series, YaC 2024, showcasing the company’s services and technologies. This year’s mini-series features six episodes, each offering a unique perspective on how Yandex is shaping the digital landscape.
The episodes cover various topics, from artificial intelligence to daily conveniences. Viewers can explore the inner workings of Yandex’s Neuro service, learn about robotic capabilities, and discover how AI simplifies work processes. The series also examines the feasibility of providing every schoolchild with a personal tutor.
Overview of the Episodes
The six episodes focus on different aspects of Yandex’s offerings:
Neural Networks: This episode charts the evolution of GPT technologies from experimental tools to services used by millions within two years.
City: It highlights how Yandex’s tools help users manage tasks and navigate cities more efficiently.
Experiences: Viewers can explore fun opportunities, like maximizing purchases, discovering new restaurants, and planning weekend getaways.
Home: This episode delves into features that enhance comfort, focusing on products like TV Stations, Kinopoisk, Lavka, and Knigi.
Work: It showcases tools for handling emails, brainstorming, and coding with neural network support.
People: Dedicated to Yandex employees, this episode reveals how curiosity drives innovation and industry transformation.
Each episode offers practical tips and life hacks to help users integrate Yandex services into their daily lives.
New Innovations From YaC
Yandex used YaC 2024 to announce several new features and updates:
- TV Station Enhancements: Alice, Yandex’s virtual assistant, now supports multi-part queries and considers on-screen activity. For instance, users can command, “Turn off the TV when the match is over.”
- Autonomous Transport: A neural network transformer now plans autonomous vehicle trajectories.
- Delivery Assistance: Yandex Delivery is testing an “Assistant” feature that allows couriers to handle small errands, such as picking up dry cleaning or buying school supplies. This option is available in Moscow, Yekaterinburg, and Novosibirsk.
- Flexible Deliveries: Yandex Market now lets users arrange home delivery of items from pick-up points through Lavka couriers.
- Queue Feature: The Yandex Go app now shows passengers their place in the queue during high-demand periods, helping them decide whether to wait or find alternative transportation.
Availability
The YaC 2024 series is available on YouTube, Kinopoisk, and VK Video.
About YaC
YaC started as a small event focused on Yandex’s technical innovations and has since evolved into a larger conference. In recent years, the event has been presented in video format.
Last year, YaC featured four episodes highlighting Yandex’s role at home, in cities, on the web, and in the lives of its engineers.