The EU invests 52 million euros in the creation of an open model of AI

As part of the project, it is planned to create a “family of multilingual and productive language models for commercial, industrial and state needs,” is deduced from the ad.

“We are not talking about the development of a universal chatbot, but about the construction of digital and AI infrastructure, which will allow European companies to introduce innovations using AI. Either a medical company that develops specialized attendees for doctors, or a bank that creates personalized financial services, all need models of adapted to their professional context, “said Sarlin TNW.

Among other members of the Consortium, the German developer Aleph Alpha, the Finnish-Development developer of the AI ​​CSC Supercomputer and the French company Lightton, which recently became the first public negotiation company, writes TNW. In total, approximately two dozen participants will be involved in the project.

The Openeurollm press release also specifies that the AI ​​models that will develop a consortium “will strengthen the capacity of European companies to compete in the world market, and state organizations will provide effective public services.” The alliance began its work on February 1, 2025, will receive funds from the European Commission as part of the European Digital Program.

Previously, on January 27, the Chinese Depseek neuronal network exceeded the OpenAI chatgpt in popularity in the US Application Store. On their website, Deepseek developers have published a report according to which the latest Deepseek-R1 model shows the results comparable to OPENAI O1, and even exceeds the competitor in some tests. The Deepseek development, according to the company, costs only $ 5.6 million.

Later, on January 29, the analyst of the Dylan Patel semi -sis consulting company said the real costs of creating the Speed ​​Neuronal Network of Chinese Deepseek exceed $ 5.6 million. of thousands of Nvidia chips.