YandexGPT
YandexGPT is a family of large language models developed by the Russian technology company Yandex. The models power Yandex's chat assistant, which was launched in 2023, and are integrated into the company's search engine and other consumer services. They are trained primarily on Russian-language content and form part of Yandex's effort to build its own generative AI products.
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Drones strike Yandex data center in Vladimir, Russia, third attack in days
Drones attacked Yandex's data center in Vladimir, Russia, on the night of October 11, causing a fire and a complete shutdown of the facility. The outage disrupted more than 80 Yandex Cloud services and several consumer apps, with effects reported in multiple Russian cities and in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Serbia. The Vladimir site hosts the Yandex Cloud ru-central1-a availability zone.