The ALT-EDIC4EU project is coordinated by the ALT-EDIC and is dedicated to the development of its global infrastructure, the consolidation of a European centre for the evaluation of Language Technologies, the dynamic mapping of European Language Technologies and Large Language Models, and the organisation of training sessions, workshops and events.
ALT-EDIC coordinates a consortium of more than 70 partners for the LLMs4EU project, dedicated to help the ecosystem at gathering language data in sufficient quality and quantity to build Large Language foundation Models. This project is expected to start in Spring 2025.
Lithuania is represented in the ALT-EDIC consortium by the Ministry of Culture, a governmental institution responsible for formulating and implementing state cultural policies in the fields of professional and amateur arts, theatre, music, fine arts, cinema, museums, libraries, publishing, copyright and related rights, and the protection of cultural heritage and language.
In response to recent advances in generative AI, Lithuania is actively exploring the development of large language models (LLMs) and supporting the ecosystem for the Lithuanian language. The Ministry of Culture has initiated an information campaign to engage both public and private sector organisations in ALT-EDIC efforts. Several companies have already expressed their interest. Lithuania is also funding a number of projects through Recovery and Resilience Facility (Next Generation Lithuania), aimed at accumulating language resources for AI systems. It is anticipated that these projects will complement the goals of ALT-EDIC.