Switzerland Launches Open-Source Apertus AI Model as Alternative to Proprietary Systems
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Summary
Switzerland has launched Apertus, an open-source AI model trained on public data as an alternative to proprietary models like ChatGPT and Claude. The model, whose name means "open" in Latin, is available on HuggingFace with full transparency including source code, training data, model weights, and development documentation. It was trained on over 1,800 languages and comes in two sizes (8B and 70B parameters), aiming to set a new baseline for trustworthy open AI models.
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The model's source code, training data, model weights, and detailed development process are available on the AI model platform HuggingFace
Apertus, which is Latin for "open," was designed to "set a new baseline for trustworthy and globally relevant open models"
The model was trained on over 1,800 languages and comes in two sizes with either 8 billion or 70 billion parameters
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