An ambitious new AI project has begun to take shape in Europe, with the aim of developing open-source AI models that support the region’s 24 official languages and more—while also complying as much as possible with its thicket of digital legislation.
The OpenEuroLLM project, which commenced work at the start of the month, has a budget of just €37.4 million ($38.6 million): a pittance compared with the sums being invested in other AI-related projects like the $100 billion first tranche of the U.S.’s Stargate AI infrastructure project. Although participating companies such as Germany’s Aleph Alpha and Finland’s Silo AI are also contributing their researchers’ time to an equivalent value, the bulk of the funding comes from the European Commission.
