Michel-Marie MAUDET has led LINAGORA (https://www.linagora.com/) as its Managing Director and co-founder for almost 25 years. He is a pioneer in the world of the free software in France and Europe since thirty years.
With Artificial Intelligence becoming more common in our lives and the dominance of large tech companies like GAFAM, Michel-Marie sees the need for alternative technologies. In 2016, he launched LinTO (https://www.linto.ai/), an entirely Open Source personal assistant, reflecting his vision for open and accessible technology for everyone.
In June 2023, he started the OpenLLM France (https://www.openllm-france.fr/) community. This community brings together experts to share knowledge and work together on developing a French, sovereign, and truly Open Source LLM. For us, truly Open Source requires three conditions :
• Open Source code
◦ Source code of the code model, pre training tool released under OSI compliant Open Source Licence
• Open Model
◦ Licence and user agreement without any restrictions on who may use it and for what
• Open Training Datasets
◦ 100% of training data must be publicly available in a format that allows for investigation of the model's biases (preferences) and for retraining
During the FOSDEM 2024, the OpenLLM France community has been changed to OpenLLM Europe in order to make possible the creation of digital commons in the field of Generative AI at European level by federating other national initiatives.
In the AI area, we need Digital Bioversity : Michel-Marie and LINAGORA work on this challenge by continuing to support open standards and aiming for an open, ethical, and responsible digital future.