German Greff stated that Yandex's neural network is based on a…
German Greff stated that Yandex's neural network is based on a Chinese model; in response, Yandex denied this claim.
Consensus
- Herman Gref made a statement in the Federation Council about Yandex's AI development.
- Gref claimed that Yandex uses and fine-tunes Qwen, a large language model developed by Alibaba.
- Yandex denied the claim, stating it develops its own fundamental models independently.
- Yandex maintains full control over its AI development cycle and does not depend on external solutions.
- Qwen is a Chinese-developed large language model from Alibaba.
Points of divergence
- Qwen has been connected to Yandex Cloud AI Studio since 2025. — tg_astrapress
- Yandex first introduced its own large language model, YandexGPT, in 2023 and later launched YandexGPT 5 Pro. — kommerant
Coverage (3 sources)
- Gerald Greff claims Yandex's neural network is based on a Chinese model — ASTRA
- Greif stated that the basis of Yandex's AI is a Chinese model. Here is what the company responded. — Фонтанка
- Yandex responds to Gref's comments on the company's dependence on Chinese AI — Коммерсантъ
Key entities
- Yandex
- Gerald Greff
- Council of Federation
- Sberbank
- Sber
- Russia
- RIA Novosti
- Sber
- Yandex (MOEX: YDEX)
- Russian IT Company
- Qwen