Swisscom, the Swiss telecommunications company, recently announced its membership in the Swiss National Artificial Intelligence Institute (SNAI), an institution jointly established by ETH Zurich and EPFL in 2024. By joining SNAI, Swisscom aims to strengthen its commitment to the Swiss artificial intelligence (AI) sector, promoting the development of innovative, reliable, and trustworthy AI products and services to support the Swiss economy and enhance national autonomy in the field of AI.

As AI models rapidly evolve, science, society, and commerce will undergo profound transformations. To maintain a leading position in the global AI competition, Swisscom seeks to deepen its research ties with large-scale generative AI and supercomputing through collaboration with SNAI. Through this partnership, Swisscom expects to fully harness the potential of digitization for Swiss society and the economy while ensuring knowledge transfer between research and industry.

One of the main tasks of SNAI is to improve training algorithms, develop relevant benchmarks, and create carefully curated datasets that prioritize transparency and reduce bias, thereby promoting the credibility of human-machine interaction. Additionally, the institute focuses on designing optimized architectures to enhance the efficiency of training and inference, creating more energy-efficient systems. Another priority is increasing the availability of key generative AI talent, promoting knowledge sharing, and fostering capacity development.

Isa Müller-Wegner, Head of Strategy and Business Development at Swisscom, stated: "Swiss academic institutions are at the forefront of AI research globally. We are proud to collaborate with ETH Zurich and EPFL to help these institutions translate their breakthrough research into tangible social and economic benefits. Through our Swiss AI platform and professional data capabilities, we will contribute to the safe and trustworthy development of Swiss AI."

Key Points:

🌟 Swisscom joins the Swiss National Artificial Intelligence Institute to drive the development of the AI sector.  

🔍 The institute was founded by ETH Zurich and EPFL in 2024 with the aim of enhancing Switzerland's autonomy in AI.  

🤝 Swisscom will collaborate with academia to focus on improving the transparency and efficiency of AI training algorithms.