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How to Get the Most Out of YandexGPT: What Works and What Doesn't

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Millions of people in Russia use Alice every day – not because they choose to, but because it’s free, built into Yandex Browser, and works without a VPN. YandexGPT, the model under Alice’s hood, is the best Russian model in our benchmark, but it’s still a long way behind GPT-5.4.

Can you get answers from it that come close to GPT, if you learn how to ask the right way? We tested exactly that in an experiment: ten prompting techniques, six management tasks, two independent LLM judges. The short answer: yes, you can – but not every technique works, and some make things worse.

Below are the concrete templates you can copy into the chat right now, and the anti-patterns to steer clear of.

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33 AI Models for Managers: Why We Need Your Ratings
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33 AI Models for Managers: Why We Need Your Ratings

Over the past year, 33 new AI models have appeared on the market, each claiming the title of “best manager’s assistant.” ChatGPT updated to GPT-5.2, Claude released Opus 4.5, Gemini added a new Pro version, Yandex and Sber announced further improvements, and Chinese models went OpenSource. How do you choose a tool when every one of them promises a productivity revolution? We decided to run a large-scale comparative study – but ran into a problem that may seem paradoxical.