PLLuM, short for Polish Large Language Model, is an open AI initiative designed to better handle Polish language, grammar and public-sector usage.
The agreement was signed on Monday in the southwestern Polish city of Wrocław by the Wrocław University of Science and Technology and IBM.
Under the deal, researchers from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology and Łódź University of Technology will work with specialists from the IBM Poland Software Lab in Kraków, southern Poland, on a new variant of PLLuM.
The model will be built using IBM Granite 4.0, an open base model. A language model is a type of artificial intelligence system trained to understand natural language, and generate text.
Arkadiusz Wójs, rector of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology, said the rise of artificial intelligence was not a passing trend, but a major civilizational shift that would affect every area of human activity, especially scientific research.
He added that the scale of the change also brings risks, which is why large, interdisciplinary universities should play an active role in developing AI and assessing it from different perspectives.
He said the Wrocław university already treats computer science and artificial intelligence as one of its research priorities.
Marcin Gajdziński, IBM’s country general manager for Poland, the Baltic countries and Ukraine, said the company wanted to help build Polish expertise in artificial intelligence as part of a broader strategy of technological and economic sovereignty.
He said the partnership would cover quantum technologies as well as AI, with the aim of developing those skills in Poland. He added that bringing Polish-built AI tools into public administration and business could strengthen the country’s competitiveness.
Speaking to reporters, Gajdziński said the Wrocław University of Science and Technology was driving the language-model project, while IBM would provide technological backing and help track fast-moving global developments in the field.
That support, he said, would help the university choose the right tools for building a Polish model suited to local needs.
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Source: PAP, wroclaw.tvp.pl