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Open source LLMs hit Europe’s digital sovereignty roadmap
Large language models (LLMs) landed on Europe's digital sovereignty agenda with a bang last week, as news emerged of a new program to develop a series of
Since 2022, Hajič has also been coordinating the High Performance Language Technologies ( HPLT) project, which has set out to develop free and reusable datasets, models, and workflows using high-performance computing (HPC). Hajič called the situation “unfortunate,” adding that he hoped they might be able to cooperate, though he stressed that due to the source of its funding in the EU, OpenEuroLLM is restricted in terms of its collaborations with non-EU entities, including U.K. universities. And in many ways, it’s not about trying to outmaneuver Big Tech or billion-dollar AI startups; the ultimate goal is digital sovereignty: (mostly) open foundation LLMs built by, and for, Europe.
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