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The interest Aleph Alpha has received so far\u2014the company claims 10,000 customers across both business and government\u2014shows it is able to compete, or at least coexist, with the emerging giants of the field, says J\u00f6rg Bienert, who is CEO of the German AI Association, an industry group. \u201cThis demand definitely shows it really makes sense to develop and provide these types of models in Germany,\u201d he says. \u201cEspecially when it comes to governmental institutions that clearly want to have a solution that is developed and hosted in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, Aleph Alpha opened its first data center in Berlin so it could better cater to highly regulated industries, such as government or security clients, that want to ensure their sensitive data is hosted in Germany. The concern about sending private data overseas is just one reason it\u2019s important to develop European AI, says Bienert. But another, he says, is that it\u2019s important to make sure European languages are not excluded from AI developments.<\/p>\n

Aleph Alpha\u2019s model can already communicate in German, French, Spanish, Italian and English, and its training data includes the vast repository of multilingual public documents published by the European Parliament. But it\u2019s not only the languages the company\u2019s AI speaks that emphasize its European origins. The emphasis on transparent decision-making is part of an effort to combat the problem of AI systems \u201challucinating,\u201d or confidently sharing information that is wrong.<\/p>\n

Andrulis jumps at the chance to demonstrate how Aleph Alpha\u2019s AI explains its decisions. When he asks Aleph Alpha\u2019s AI model to describe the protagonist in H. P. Lovecraft\u2019s short story, The Terrible Old Man<\/em>, the AI replies: \u201cThe terrible old man is described as exceedingly feeble, physically and mentally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrulis shows me how he can click on each of the words in that sentence to trace what informed the AI\u2019s decision to say what it said. If Andrulis clicks on the word \u201cmentally,\u201d the AI refers him to the bit of text in the short story that informed that decision. This feature also works with images, he says. When the AI describes an image of the sun setting over Heidelberg, he can click on the word \u201csunset\u201d and the AI again shows its workings\u2014drawing a square around the part of the image where the horizon fades into layers of reds and yellows.<\/p>\n

Even to AI experts, this feels new. \u201cThey have started experimenting with trustworthy AI features, such as explainability, that I haven\u2019t seen before,\u201d says Nicolas Mo\u00ebs, director of European AI governance at the Future Society think tank.<\/p>\n

Mo\u00ebs believes these kinds of features could become more widespread once the EU passes its AI Act, sweeping legislation that is expected to include transparency requirements. Trade bodies, including the German AI association, complain that overly broad and onerous rules could slow Europe\u2019s efforts to create a homegrown AI giant, forcing startups to focus on complying with the new rules instead of on innovation. But Mo\u00ebs argues the opposite, saying stricter rules could help European AI companies build better products and create a kind of standard of quality, echoing the success of other tightly regulated European industries. \u201cThe reason why German cars are seen as better is because there is a whole testing process,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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