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Switzerland launches transparent ChatGPT alternative


Swiss Apertus LLM aims to compete in a crowded field with openness and accessibility.

“We aim to provide a blueprint for how a trustworthy, sovereign and inclusive AI model can be developed,” said Martin Jaggi, professor of machine learning at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne EPFL. Read more: Artificial intelligence explained But the race for AI dominance has also left a trail of problems: machines that hallucinate or magnify human bias and a growing list of copyright infringement lawsuits over the material that companies use to train their LLMs. Swissmem, which represents the domestic electrical engineering and machine building industries, believes that a Swiss LLM could better serve local companies as it is built to respect European data regulations.

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