{"id":9967,"date":"2024-01-19T19:37:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/netherlands-allocates-e204-million-for-ai-development\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T19:37:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:37:09","slug":"netherlands-allocates-e204-million-for-ai-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/netherlands-allocates-e204-million-for-ai-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands Allocates \u20ac204 Million for AI Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dutch government will allocate \u20ac204.5 million ($222.07 million) for the development of artificial intelligence systems, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.government.nl\/latest\/news\/2024\/01\/18\/dutch-government-dutch-government-presents-vision-on-generative-ai\">statement<\/a> from the Ministry of the Interior.<\/p>\n<p>The funds will be distributed through the National Growth Fund. The ministry believes this will ensure the country does not &#8220;remain on the sidelines&#8221; when it comes to AI.<\/p>\n<p>The document outlines a strategy to leverage the benefits of generative technologies like ChatGPT while simultaneously safeguarding against the risks of misinformation and reduced employment opportunities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe essence is to develop and retain talent in the field of AI, allowing us to create forms of generative AI that meet European standards and values,\u201d stated the country&#8217;s Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Robert Dijkgraaf.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to him, the government is also considering investment options in &#8220;large-scale scientific and technological infrastructure,&#8221; such as supercomputers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThis will allow us to remain competitive in the field of <span data-descr=\"large language models\" class=\"old_tooltip\">LLM<\/span> and other forms of generative artificial intelligence,\u201d Dijkgraaf concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, a group of European lawmakers announced plans to develop a draft of rules to regulate the development of AI systems.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2023, it was reported that EU authorities are discussing tightening regulations on major AI models, including Meta&#8217;s Llama 2 and OpenAI&#8217;s GPT-4.<\/p>\n<p>ForkLog covered notable developments in the field of artificial intelligence in 2023 in a <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/openais-turbulent-year-leadership-struggles-and-ai-milestones-in-2023\">New Year article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dutch government will allocate \u20ac204.5 million ($222.07 million) for the development of artificial intelligence systems, according to a statement from the Ministry of the Interior. The funds will be distributed through the National Growth Fund. The ministry believes this will ensure the country does not &#8220;remain on the sidelines&#8221; when it comes to AI. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,718],"class_list":["post-9967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-netherlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"18","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}