Democratizing AI: Open foundations and shared resources for global impact

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Published on August 12, 2025 7:05:51 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPRqjHer_Y4

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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.

Panelists:
Bernard Maissen
State Secretary | Director, Federal Office of Communications OFCOM

Mennatallah El-Assady
Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich

Mary-Anne (“Annie”) Hartley
Professor | Director, Laboratory for Intelligent Global Health & Humanitarian Response Technologies (LiGHT)

Leslie Teo
Senior Director of AI Products, AI Singapore

Moderators:
Katharina Frey
Deputy Head Digitalisation Division, FDFA, future ICAIN Executive Director, ETH Zurich


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