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GPT‑NL: a sovereign language model for the Netherlands

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Why This Matters

GPT‑NL represents a significant step towards developing a sovereign, transparent, and trustworthy language model tailored for the Dutch context, emphasizing control over data and ethical standards. Its open-source approach and collaboration with local data providers foster a more responsible and fair AI ecosystem in Europe, reducing dependency on non-European providers. This initiative highlights the importance of aligning AI development with societal values, legal frameworks, and user trust, setting a precedent for responsible AI innovation in the region.

Key Takeaways

GPT‑NL values

We are building a responsible language model for the Dutch language and context: trustworthy, transparent, reciprocal and sovereign.

Sovereign: control over technology that matters

GPT‑NL is developed within the Netherlands and Europe. This gives us full control over the model, the data and the choices we make. We avoid dependency on non‑European providers and invest in a sustainable AI ecosystem aligned with our laws, values and societal goals.

Open and transparent: insight from source to model

GPT‑NL is built on transparency. We clearly document the choices we make during data collection and training, and how we address risks such as bias and ethical concerns. We publish the source code as open source and share detailed insights into the dataset. Model weights are made available under a controlled licence. This allows us to know who uses the model and to inform users about updates or changes, for example following a data opt‑out. In this way, we operate transparently without compromising security or regulatory compliance.

Trustworthy: protecting users and citizens

We train GPT‑NL entirely from scratch. This prevents unclear data provenance, copyright risks or potential personal data from being inherited from existing models.

To ensure a reliable foundation, our data collection meets strict criteria:

Safeguarding intellectual property

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