Yandex hires Microsoft's Misha Bilenko to head new machine intelligence and research group

Russian search engine operator Yandex today announced the launch of a machine intelligence and research (MIR) group. The move brings Yandex more in line with Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo, which have employed researchers to explore artificial intelligence (AI). To lead the new organization Yandex has selected Misha Bilenko, who spent a decade at Microsoft, most […]