Swiss initiative aims to make AI more transparent
Published: Monday, Dec 4th 2023, 17:00
Updated At: Monday, Dec 4th 2023, 17:00
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The Federal Institutes of Technology in Lausanne and Zurich want to position Switzerland as a leading global location for artificial intelligence (AI). With this goal in mind, they launched an initiative called "Swiss AI" on Monday.
As part of the initiative, new so-called large language models (LLM) such as ChatGPT are to be developed and trained, as the two universities (ETH Zurich and EPFL) announced on Monday. Unlike the large language models currently available to the public, however, the initiative is based on transparency.
"It must be clear to everyone how and on which data the models were trained and how they arrived at their results," emphasized Jan Hesthaven, Academic Vice President of EPFL, in the press release.
Swiss supercomputer
In February 2024, the new "Alps" supercomputer will be put into operation at the Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS) in Lugano. According to the universities, this will be one of the most powerful computers in the world.
This gives Switzerland a major competitive advantage, according to the press release. This is because supercomputing infrastructure is in short supply worldwide due to the rapid development in generative AI and is also mostly owned by a few large companies.
In the "Swiss AI" initiative (AI for Artificial Intelligence), the two Federal Institutes of Technology want to pool the expertise of around a dozen Swiss universities, universities of applied sciences and research institutions. According to the universities, more than 75 professors have already been recruited.
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