Apertus: A fully open, transparent, multilingual language model
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- EPFL, ETH Zurich, and CSCS are pioneering an open approach with Apertus, focusing on innovation and AI expertise across research, society, and industry.
- Apertus is trained on 15 trillion tokens covering over 1,000 languages, with 40% non-English data, including underrepresented languages like Swiss German and Romansh.
- Apertus is designed for public good, being one of the few fully open large language models (LLMs) emphasizing multilingualism, transparency, and compliance.
- Swisscom is deploying Apertus on its sovereign Swiss AI Platform, supporting access during the Swiss {ai} Weeks to promote a secure and responsible AI ecosystem.