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ELLIOT Project
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🇪🇺 ELLIOT is a Horizon Europe project developing the next generation of open and trustworthy Multimodal Generalist Foundation Models — advancing open, general-purpose AI rooted in European values. 🤖📊
🌐 Today, 13:00–17:00 CET, our colleagues from @horizonenfield.bsky.social host an online webinar on AI agents & human insight, from Multi-Agent Systems to Agentic AI.

Join them to explore trustworthy, human-centred AI: enfield-project.eu/3rd-enfield-...
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Who is ELLIOT for?
Academia, Research Centres, and AI Experts, may get a unique opportunity to advance their field. We're developing open Multimodal Generalist Foundation Models (MGFMs), which they can take advantage of, alongside the innovative methods and techniques used to create them. 🤝
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
ELLIOT is part of Europe's top AI network! 🤝

We stand alongside @ellis.eu, ELIAS, @elsa-ai.eu, and ELIZA (@tuda.bsky.social) to build smarter, safer, and more sustainable AI for the future.

Read all about this powerful network of projects here: ellis.eu/research/pro...
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A project as ambitious as ELLIOT needs Europe's best minds.

We are proud to confirm we have them! 3️⃣0️⃣ partners from 1️⃣2️⃣ different countries. We're ready.

Watch the animation and get to know them. Learn more here: www.elliot-ai.eu#Partners
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Our project is accelerating! We've launched a splash page to give you the first glimpse of our new digital presence. 💻
Check out the page to learn more about our mission, vision, goals, practical applications and more!

Fancy a sneak peek? 👉 www.elliot-ai.eu
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
ELLIOT is building the next generation of open, versatile Foundation Models for Europe.
We'll create smarter AI that understands video, text, and many other data types, with a real-world impact in climate, driving, media and more!
Thank you to our 30 partners across Europe!
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Meet the Future of AI: Support for the European Democracy Shield

📅 2 December 2025 | 🕑 14:00–18:00 | 📍 EUREGIO

Safeguarding Europe’s democracy needs action. Join policymakers, researchers and practitioners to explore AI, policy and partnerships to tackle online disinformation.

👉 Save the date!
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Big news! We've been busy working behind the scenes on something special. 😊

We've crafted a brand-new identity for ELLIOT! This fresh look perfectly captures the ambition and innovation of our project: building open, generalist, trustworthy and multimodal AI foundation models.

See our new look!
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🎉 From @elsa-ai.eu: 15 new members join the European Lighthouse on Secure & Safe AI—expanding reach across Europe and deepening ties with the @ellis.eu ecosystem.

Everything you need to know 👉 elsa-ai.eu/elsa-welcome...
October 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
💡 Join ‘Science & AI’ workshop at the AI in Science Summit — 3–4 Nov 2025, Copenhagen. The workshop is hosted by ELIAS & the ELIAS Alliance.

See how science powers AI, hear experts and connect across disciplines 🚀

ℹ️ More: elias-ai.eu/event/worksh...
October 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🚀 JUPITER enters the Exascale Supercomputing League, ranking among the top 5 fastest in the world! 🖥️💨
With its immense computing power, ELLIOT will push AI innovation in media, robotics, mobility, and Earth observation 🌍

🔍 Discover how JUPITER is shaping Europe’s AI future: shorturl.at/s1gJp
October 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Exciting opportunity to join our team at @bsc-cns.bsky.social in Barcelona! 🤩 Apply by October 20 👇
October 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
🌍 ELLIOT at #ADRF2025: Yiannis Kompatsiaris, Mario Fritz & Nicu Sebe presented ELLIOT’s potential connection to the RAISE initiative, a European Commission project aiming to align key AI resources.

Together, ELLIOT & RAISE will strengthen Europe’s AI ecosystem! 🤖
September 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🧠 @dariogargas.bsky.social shares lessons from 2 years of training open LLMs & LVLMs on European HPC.

From jailbreak testing to synthetic data, Europe is building trustworthy AI from the ground up.

Watch the full session ▶️ youtu.be/_FZalHCPc-o?...
Training and Evaluating LLMs in European HPC Centers, by Dario Garcia Gasulla
YouTube video by ELLIOT Project
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September 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
🚀 Shape the future of European AI! The @ellis.eu PhD Programme is opening for applications.

🧠 Work with top researchers, join joint supervision 🤝 and benefit from networking 🌐 & training 🎓

Info session: Oct 1, 16:00 CET.

Everything you need to know is one click away 👉 ellis.eu/news/ellis-p...
September 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
🎯 How can we build faster, smarter video foundation models?

At the TDW in Thessaloniki, Matthieu Cord (VALEO) presented VaVIM–VaVAM: boosting video AI with fewer, continuous tokens for faster training & better performance.

▶️ Watch the full talk: youtu.be/ykfwRa-ZQig?...
Driving through Generative Video Pretraining, by Matthieu Cord
YouTube video by ELLIOT Project
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September 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM
🛡️ How do we secure AI systems as they grow more powerful?

At the TDW, Mario Fritz mapped threats from LLMs & FMs and called for stronger safety benchmarks like CodeLMSec.

▶️ Watch the talk: youtu.be/RR1otLVODUk?...
Security and Safety of Foundation Models, by Mario Fritz
YouTube video by ELLIOT Project
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September 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🗣️ Can generative AI speak more than English?
Cees Snoek presents NeoBabel — a multilingual, open-source text-to-image model in 🇬🇧 🇨🇳 🇳🇱 🇫🇷 🇮🇳 🇮🇷, built for inclusivity and fairness.
▶️ Watch now: youtu.be/qUadAcykUiI?...
NeoBabel: A Multilingual Open Foundation Model for Visual Generation, by Cees Snoek
YouTube video by ELLIOT Project
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September 15, 2025 at 6:20 AM
📊 What if small tabular datasets could benefit from the power of #FoundationModels?

At the TDW in Thessaloniki, Frank Hutter presented TabPFN — a foundation model that outperforms ML/AutoML on structured data.

Faster, fairer, more robust.

▶️ Watch the talk: youtu.be/_T7Peaap9K4
Tabular Foundation Models, by Frank Hutter
YouTube video by ELLIOT Project
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September 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🔙 Rewinding to July in Thessaloniki!

At the TDW on Foundation Models, Jenia Jitsev (JSC & LAION) explored how open data, shared compute & benchmarks can rival closed AI.

🧠 From OpenCLIP to Re-LAION, watch how Europe is scaling trustworthy AI: youtu.be/YSICb_mcW6Q?...
Open Foundation Models: Scaling Laws and Generalisation, by Jenia Jitsev
YouTube video by ELLIOT Project
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September 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
🎥 TDW recordings now on YouTube! Explore insights on #FoundationModels, from multilingual AI to secure LLMs & robotics. Organised by ELIAS, ELLIOT & @elsa-ai.eu

▶️ Watch now: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
September 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🔙 The Flemish Parliament discussed VRT’s role in the ELLIOT project — showing growing political interest in #AI for public media. 🇧🇪🤖

Minister Van Achter highlighted our work on #factchecking, virtual studios & #TrustworthyAI.

📄 Minutes (NL): www.vlaamsparlement.be/nl/parlement...
August 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
🎯 What makes multimodal foundation models powerful?

Marc Pollefeys, from @ethz.ch, explains how ELLIOT is advancing #FoundationModels with real-world use in mind.
🤝 With strong European collaboration, we’re building #MultimodalAI that’s robust, adaptable and ready for deployment

🎥 Watch the video!
August 8, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🎯 Speech is a key frontier for #TrustworthyAI.

Karel Bourgois (VOXIST) shares how ELLIOT is advancing #SpeechRecognition to detect fake news in real time and enable 3D avatars to converse via #GenerativeAI.
🎥 Watch how #MultimodalAI is reshaping media innovation in
August 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🎯 How is AI transforming media production?

Mike Matton explains how #GenerativeAI and #FoundationModels support VRT’s shift from traditional to virtual TV production using 3D — saving time, cutting costs, and boosting creativity.

🎥 Watch how AI is transforming media.
August 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM