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Tag: Europe

Aleph Alpha Launches Kolibri-1, an Open-Weight AI Model for Sovereign European Deployment

Aleph Alpha’s Kolibri-1 is an open-weight German-English AI model designed for sovereign deployment in Europe.

German AI company Aleph Alpha has released Kolibri-1, a 78.1 billion-parameter open-weight Mixture-of-Experts model with 3.46 billion active parameters per token, targeting sovereign AI deployment in regulated European sectors.

Singapore Eyes Quantum and AI Collaboration with Luxembourg

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden meet in Singapore to discuss bilateral cooperation, including emerging technologies like quantum and AI.

Singapore’s AI agenda is moving beyond domestic policy, workforce training and infrastructure, with the country now looking to deepen international cooperation in artificial intelligence and quantum technologies.

U.S. Pushes Back as Europe Tightens Grip on Big Tech Data

The United States administration has pushed back against sovereign AI plans of the European Union

The United States administration has pushed back against sovereign AI plans of the European Union