MADRID, April 5, 2024 — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and IBM Senior Vice President and IBM Research Director Dario Gil met this afternoon at the Moncloa Complex to discuss new agreements reached between the Spanish government and IBM. We celebrated the agreement. Development of foundational models for native artificial intelligence in Spanish and co-official languages.
The meeting was also attended by José Luis Escriva, Minister of Digital Transformation and Civil Service. Mr. Manuel de la Rocha, Director of the Economic Department of the President's Office, and Mr. Horacio Morell, President of IBM Spain, Portugal, Greece and Israel, shared the challenges and efforts that are emerging in the field of artificial intelligence. intelligence and supercomputing.
Subsequently, the Spanish Government today announced, through the Ministry of Digital Transformation, the Civil Service and IBM, to promote cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and AI supercomputing to develop and put open, ethical and responsible generative AI into practice in Spain. Language, who is fluent in Spanish and serves as a co-board member, shares the vision of creating a leading foundational model suite that includes both large-scale language models (LLMs) and small-scale language models (SLMs).
During the meeting in La Moncloa, the President said that agreements like this one demonstrate Spain's commitment to accelerating the ethical and responsible use of AI, especially in the public sector, and that it will improve the productivity of many sectors of the economy. He emphasized that this would have a major impact on European strategy. Autonomy.
The document was signed today in Madrid by Dario Gil, Senior Vice President and Director of IBM Research, and José Luis Escriva, Minister of Digital Transformation and Civil Service in the Spanish Government. By leveraging IBM's open source AI framework, the community will be able to form and contribute to the Spanish LLM. The Spanish LLM also includes co-official languages (Catalan, Basque, Galician and Valencian), increasing innovation, transparency and security while ensuring more cost savings. -Efficient yet technologically competitive market position. The partnership also reflects the intention to develop AI-powered technologies to accelerate the discovery, development and validation of new materials to increase the sustainability of the semiconductor value chain.
Minister José Luis Escriva said, “AI puts us on the threshold of a new industrial revolution, with very significant implications in terms of increasing productivity in many economic sectors and providing better public services to our citizens.'' “That could have potential consequences.” “The Spanish government is promoting the beneficial and ethical development of the opportunities offered by this technology. IBM has the experience, knowledge and resources to make our vision a reality. I'm your partner.”
“IBM shares this bold vision to accelerate the Spanish government's AI strategy and become Spain's national AI partner,” said Dario Gil, IBM Senior Vice President and Director of IBM Research. . “We are leveraging IBM's significant investments across the AI stack, from compute to models, to enable the open community to drive the full potential of AI technology. , we will promote the responsible use of AI and promote sustainable growth in Spain and all Spanish-speaking countries around the world.”
Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world (6.2% of the world's population1). One of the priority areas under this MoU is to collaborate on a suite of key foundational models, including both large-scale language models (LLMs) and small-scale language models (SLMs) that are proficient in Spanish and the co-official languages . Creating models designed entirely in Spanish will improve the sustainability of AI by reducing bias and providing a competitive alternative to the Spanish industry. These models leverage the assets developed through this collaboration to use advanced tuning and tuning techniques, including innovative ways to foster direct community empowerment and foster an ecosystem of AI creators and builders. It will be refined.
Recent advances in generative AI and AI supercomputing hold great potential for governments and economies to realize the productivity gains enabled by these technologies. With this collaboration, the Spanish government will take decisive action to seize this opportunity, making a timely and transformative commitment to invest in the AI revolution.
Intra-agency coordination in this area will accelerate the widespread use of AI across national, regional and local economies and the time needed to build competitive advantage in a rapidly evolving AI-driven commercial environment. Both resource and sufficient resources are encouraged. This includes investments in human capital (upskilling and tools) to ensure that productivity gains and economic benefits have a positive impact on the entire Spanish economy, from small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to large enterprises. Includes community-driven AI adoption. Public institution.
With this in mind, the Memorandum of Understanding is based on five principles:
- Facilitate the development of a set of foundational models, including both large-scale language models (LLMs) and small-scale language models (SLMs), that are fluent in Spanish and the co-official languages.
- Collaborate on research and development of full-stack generative AI platforms, including software built on open source frameworks and tools, and infrastructure that enables hardware diversity.
- Advance national and regional AI strategies through a collaborative approach that promotes responsible use of foundational models and associated generative AI platforms. This joint effort aims to benefit the public sector and SMEs across the board. Spain.
- Leverage the assets developed through this collaboration to foster an ecosystem of AI creators and builders, Spain As a world leader in AI.
- Develop AI-powered technologies to accelerate the discovery, development, and validation of new materials and drive sustainability in the semiconductor industry value chain.
An additional priority outlined in this memorandum is to collaborate on research and development of AI technologies for supercomputing applications.
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