Amsterdam AI Meetup presents ILLC: Alternatives for ChatGPT

*Quick update: Due to the code orange storm warning and recommendation from the government if you can stay home please do and do not travel to Science Park for the event*

Yes, we are happy to present to you this perfect fall Meetup in collaboration with ILLC (Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at the UvA) we will be discussing Alternatives for ChatGPT: How good are open-source and in-house LLMs?

Location: Matrix ONE, the SustainaLab, Science Park

➔Before the meetup, ILLC is hosting their first masterclass on Explaining Foundation Models! This masterclass will feature some inspiring talks, hands-on experience with explainability techniques for Large Language Models, and the opportunity to share insights and experiences in your own company. Sign up here now: https://projects.illc.uva.nl/indeep/events/

Program:

• 15:00 | Harm de Vries (ServiceNow), Building the largest open source code-LLM: BigCode (TBC)
• Discussion: How good are open-source and in-house LLMs compared to the closed models from BigTech? with discussants:
  Jakub Zavrel (ZetaAlpha)
  Iva Gornishka (City of Amsterdam)
• 16:00 | Matthieu Laneuville (SURF) & Saskia Lensink (TNO), Building an open source Dutch Large Language Model: GPT-NL
• Discussion: How to measure quality & safety of (Dutch) LLMs? with discussants:
  Wietse de Vries (RUG Groningen)
  Jelke Bloem (ILLC, University of Amsterdam)
  Oskar van der Wal
• 17:00 | Drinks!