Europe Races to Build Local-Language AI Chatbots to Preserve Culture Against US Dominance
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EU countries are developing their own AI chatbots to compete with dominant US models like ChatGPT and prevent loss of languages and culture.
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13 European countries have announced plans to build chatbots focused on local languages in the past year.
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The projects are mostly open-source to make up for less funding than US by relying on volunteer developers.
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France proposed a regulated EU data market so US giants don't outbid Europeans for valuable training content.
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To be competitive, European chatbots still need English fluency since most scientific papers and over half the web are in English.