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Switzerland launches Apertus, its first open, multilingual AI model

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Apertus, Switzerland's first large-scale, open, and multilingual language model, has been developed by researchers from ETH Zurich, EPFL, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre. This initiative is notable for being built by public institutions and intended for the public good, emphasizing national sovereignty in AI development. AI

IMPACT Represents a move towards public, sovereign AI development, potentially influencing other nations to pursue similar initiatives.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=2 ai=1.0]

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Switzerland launches Apertus, its first open, multilingual AI model

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🇨🇭 #Apertus is Switzerland’s first large-scale, open, multilingual language model. Developed by researchers at ETH Zurich, EPFL, and the Swiss National Supercom

    🇨🇭 #Apertus is Switzerland’s first large-scale, open, multilingual language model. Developed by researchers at ETH Zurich, EPFL, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, it represents a new approach: built by public institutions, designed for the public good. #sovereignty #S…

    LINKS apertvs.ai
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🇨🇭 #Apertus is Switzerland’s first large-scale, open, multilingual language model. Developed by researchers at ETH Zurich, EPFL, and the Swiss National Supercom

    🇨🇭 #Apertus is Switzerland’s first large-scale, open, multilingual language model. Developed by researchers at ETH Zurich, EPFL, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, it represents a new approach: built by public institutions, designed for the public good. #sovereignty #S…

    LINKS apertvs.ai

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