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Italiano(IT) Giugno 2026: nasce ChatMinerva, l’AI multimodale da 7 miliardi di parametri dell'Università La Sapienza. Addestrato da zero in italiano sul supercomputer Leonar

Sapienza University launches ChatMinerva, an Italian multimodal AI

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Sapienza University of Rome has developed ChatMinerva, a 7-billion parameter multimodal AI model trained entirely in Italian. This open-source model, utilizing the Leonardo supercomputer, can now process images and browse the web. Its release in June 2026 marks a significant advancement for Italian technological innovation. AI

IMPACT This Italian-developed multimodal AI could advance multilingual AI capabilities and demonstrate localized AI development.

RANK_REASON New model release from a university research lab. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Sapienza University launches ChatMinerva, an Italian multimodal AI

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 Italiano(IT) · [email protected] ·

    June 2026: ChatMinerva is born, the multimodal AI with 7 billion parameters from La Sapienza University. Trained from scratch in Italian on the Leonar supercomputer.

    Giugno 2026: nasce ChatMinerva, l’AI multimodale da 7 miliardi di parametri dell'Università La Sapienza. Addestrato da zero in italiano sul supercomputer Leonardo, il modello open-source ora legge immagini e naviga il web. Un passo importante per l'innovazione tecnologica italian…

    LINKS chatminerva.org

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