AI BriefingSwiss AI Initiative (2023)
Key point
The Swiss AI Initiative supports research on large-scale, public AI models.
Details
The Swiss AI Initiative supports research and development of open science outputs in core areas of foundation model development and application domains of high societal importance.
- Launched in December 2023
- Initial investment: over 10m GPU hours on Alps + CHF 20 million in support from the ETH Domain
- Introduced as the world's largest open science / open source AI foundation model initiative
- The first initiative of the Swiss National AI Institute, built on collaboration between the ETH AI Center and the EPFL AI Center
- Draws on capacity from 10+ academic institutions, 800+ researchers, and 70 AI-focused professors across Switzerland
Frontier research is backed by CSCS's AI supercomputer Alps, which uses more than 10,000 GH200 GPUs.
Regular compute calls allow researchers from multiple institutions to participate together, and outputs are released as transparent/open software, models, and data releases, aiming for trustworthy use by SMEs and startups in Switzerland.
The current page introduces the 3rd Large Project Call, announcing funding for core AI research and areas with high societal impact.
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