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November 13, 2023

Europe has a secret weapon to beat Big Tech on GenAI

Finnish company Silo has today released a new language model that comes with a couple of promising signs for European AI


Tim Smith

4 min read

It’s no secret that generative AI is becoming a Big Tech party hosted in Silicon Valley, as Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta all flex their muscles to produce the large language models (LLMs) that many believe represent the next paradigm shift in tech.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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