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Что там с последним коммерческим облаком в России (и как мы лажали этот год)

Коротко итоги за год:

— Пустили ИИ в прод.

— Уволили отдел продаж.

— Чуть не положили дата-центр.

— Ещё раз пустили ИИ в прод.

— Сейчас ещё один раунд халявы на 4000 рублей в облаке для новых пользователей.

Примерно год назад мы опубликовали статью о том, что запускаем последнее коммерческое облако в РФ. Тогда мы честно рассказывали про наши амбиции, про ненависть к медленному корпоративному подходу и так далее. 

А потом на год пропали. Вышли из беты и пропали.

Нас сгубили корпоративные заказы. Они оказались намного более жирными, чем коммерческое облако. И ещё их стало ОЧЕНЬ МНОГО.

Самый простой ответ на вопрос, почему мы ничего не писали: нам было тупо некогда. 

Но облако тоже развивалось. За этот год мы прошли путь от стартапа до нормального IaaS-провайдера. 

Официальный старт состоялся 26 декабря 2025, под самый Новый Год. И пока вся страна просыпалась и лечила похмелье, я сидел и отвечал на тикеты в саппорт. Я смотрел в монитор и думал: «Кто вообще эти люди, которые 1 января лезут настраивать виртуалки и писать в поддержку?» 

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In November 2023 – a lifetime ago in the field of artificial intelligence – some of the most powerful people in the world descended on Bletchley Park, the wartime codebreaking hub in Buckinghamshire, to talk about AI safety. In attendance were the then US vice-president, Kamala Harris, the AI bosses Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, delegations from 28 countries, two of the three so-called “godfathers” of AI, and Elon Musk.

The first iteration of ChatGPT had been released only a year earlier, and there was already plenty of evidence that AI models could be used for ill, from spreading misinformation to generating deepfakes. A presentation at the summit, however, highlighted a different issue: what if the biggest problem wasn’t to come from people misusing the technology, but from AI’s own behaviour?

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AI could cause global economic downturn, Bank of England governor tells G20

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Andrew Bailey, in role as financial stability watchdog chief, warns advanced models risk destabilising system

The Bank of England’s governor, Andrew Bailey, has joined the throng of figures warning about the global risks posed by the most advanced artificial intelligence technology.

In a two-page letter sent to international finance ministers and central bank governors as part of his role as chair of the international Financial Stability Board (FSB), Bailey said “frontier” AI models were “showing increasingly sophisticated autonomy and problem-solving abilities, as well as threat capabilities”.

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Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds

Exclusive: Number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost doubles in July

Incidents of AIs escaping users’ control to lie, ignore instructions and pursue goals in harmful ways have hit a new high, according to research that also suggests the severity of deception and misalignment is worsening.

Analysis of real-world loss of control incidents involving AI models flagged by businesses and individuals almost doubled in July compared with June, with more than 300 cases in the month, according to the Loss of Control Observatory, which monitors reports made by AI users on the social media platform X.

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