LLMs4EU

The LLMs4EU (Large Language Models for the European Union) project is coordinated by the ALT-EDIC and will support a large number of partners of the European LLM ecosystem. It will enable them to gather language data in sufficient quality and quantity to build large language foundation models as well as models adapted to specific languages, domains or industries, and to provide dedicated support and services enabling others to fine-tune the available models.

The LLMs4EU project aims to preserve European linguistic and cultural diversity in the digital age through cooperation between economic and academic actors. Indeed, some European languages are threatened to be left aside from generative AI development due to the lack of resources to train language models. Furthermore, the project intends to bring together some of Europe’s leading players in the field of generative AI to ensure that European companies and especially SMEs have access to the tools and resources to become competitive regarding language technologies and especially Large Language Models (LLMs).

The goal is to make LLMs and all the tools necessary for their exploitation in all EU languages available in an open manner by capitalising on existing European programmes and competencies. The tools that will be made accessible to European companies will cover all the steps from training LLMs to ensuring their conformity to European legislation (AI Act, GDPR, etc.).

The consortium created around ALT-EDIC includes organisations working in more than 20 countries, which ensures good geographical and linguistic coverage. The project will develop different relevant use cases to demonstrate the capacity of European actors to work together to create adapted tools for different economic sectors, and the coverage of all EU languages will be ensured through the creation and acquisition of the necessary datasets by the project.

The project will provide, including through Financial Support to Third Parties, dedicated support and services, in particular for SMEs, to facilitate the fine-tuning of available models.

The project is funded by the Digital Europe Programme. It is expected to start by Spring 2025, for a duration of 3 years. Further information will be available soon on this page.