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AI Topics: The discussion revolved around exploring AI topics, assessing AI tools, and NRENs' role in this growing field. Efforts to collaborate with research groups on digitisation and language models were noted.
Role of NRENs in AI: NRENs play a crucial role in facilitating high-scale computing and addressing the demand for GPUs in AI. Plans for compliant ChatGPT access were in progress.
AI in Education: AI's extensive use in educational activities, community organisations, and initiatives in network security data using AI models were discussed.
Key take-aways
NRENs:
- further unite their efforts around cloud procurement, as one pillar of the community's cloud service offerings
- play a crucial role in EOSC, aligning with FAIR data principles, and should prioritise collective actions for community data resource sharingunite their efforts for procurement, particularly when engaging with commercial cloud providers.
- have expressed interest in investigating research data storage and interoperability frameworks and potential future services, built on collaboration and contributions from NRENs and organisations
- recognise the necessity for user-centric educational tools, open-source solutions, and an interoperability framework to enhance education mobility and identity management. have expressed interest in contributing to a higher education interoperability framework, advocating for collaboration and contributions from NRENs and organisations.
- will continue discussions regarding AI on fairness, data attribution, and collaboration, with NRENs facilitating dialogue and promoting data diversity
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- will consider other opportunities for collective engagement with commercial suppliers where they appear
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- has a strong mandate for continuing operations and renewals will provide guidance on continuing operations around the OCRE 2020/2024 Framework.
- has the choice between community and commercial clouds, having also the need to avoid restrictions and build a responsibility to build sustainable communities around products like eduMEET.
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