Yandex applies AI to filter annoying ads on Android, powered by user reports

The rise in consumer usage of ad blockers is leading to a few creative alternatives to try to achieve a'better relationship' between ad tech and web browsers. To wit Russia's Yandex, which has just announced it's adding a complaint button to its Android browser to lets users report ads they find annoying. Filing an ad complaint will send a report to Yandex which will initiate custom ad filtering for that user, using machine learning technology to hone the individual model over time. It will also be feeding intel back to advertisers so they can "create more targeted and effective campaigns that are relevant to users, reducing the need to install ad blocking software". So in theory users making use of the ad complaint button should see ads more pleasing/relevant to them over time, as well as eyeballing fewer ads they find annoying.