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EVERY COUNTRY WANTS ITS OWN AI NOW. KOREA'S BETTING $3.5B ON ONE.

UPDATED Oct 30, 2026

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Germany's Aleph Alpha launched Kolibri on Oct 3, 2026 — a 78.1B-parameter open-weight model (Apache 2.0) built and trained in Germany and Finland under EU/German law, designed for on-premises deployment so government data never leaves the building.

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