This institute will provide a national perspective on research, education and innovation, with a particular emphasis on transparency, open source and trust. SNAI will benefit from the expertise of more than 70 professors specializing in AI across Switzerland, the two schools wrote in a press release on Thursday.
Together, the researchers will develop the first large national foundation model in Switzerland (a model with a data set of particularly large quantity and diversity) as well as others to support their research objectives. Currently, only a few hundred people around the world have the AI expertise needed to develop the largest AI models, according to the release.
SNAI will also focus on training AI specialists for academia and industry, with the aim of expanding the talent pool, which will benefit the local economy.
“The results will strengthen Switzerland’s competitiveness in research and development in the field of AI,” says Pierre Dillenbourg, EPFL vice-president for academic affairs, quoted in the press release. “Our efforts will pave the way for new applications for the benefit of Swiss industry and society as a whole.”
In addition to funding from the ETH Board, SNAI and its projects will be supported by contributions from ETH Zurich and EPFL, as well as third-party funds.
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