August 8, 2025|
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|4 months agoSwiss AI Initiative to Launch Open-Source Language Model
ETH Zurich and EPFL announce development of public, open-source large language model focused on ethical AI, set for release later in 2025.
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- ETH Zurich and EPFL are collaborating to develop an open-source large language model
- The project is part of the Swiss AI Initiative launched in December 2023
- Over 70 AI researchers from ETHZ and EPFL are involved in the project
- The model will support over 1,000 languages
By The Numbers
10,000+
NVIDIA Grace Hopper chips in Alps supercomputer
60%
English language content in training dataset
1,500+
Languages supported in training dataset
They Said
"Fully open models enable high-trust applications and are necessary for advancing research about the risks and opportunities of AI. Transparent processes also enable regulatory compliance"
"We have emphasised making the models massively multilingual from the start"
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