Democratizing AI: Open foundations and shared resources for global impact

10 Jul 2025 11:20h - 11:40h

This high-level session discusses the urgent need for open foundation models developed by academia and resource sharing to counter the widening AI gap driven by unequal access to compute, data, and expertise. The session features thought leaders from across the world and presents specific examples from the Swiss National AI Institute and the International Compute for AI Network.