Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly significant role in research, education, and business operations. Our principle is that, as a sector, we maintain control over the application of AI and ensure that it is used responsibly.

The Netherlands starts realisation GPT-NL, its own open AI-language model

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The Netherlands will develop its own open language model: GPT-NL. This develops, strengthens and perpetuates digital sovereignty. Non-profit parties TNO, NFI and SURF are responsible for the…

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The governance challenge of AI

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It's a conundrum. To reap the benefits of an innovation like AI, you have to give space to initiatives. But also make choices at the right time. How do you do that?

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The Netherlands aims for an AI factory

Together with the cabinet and NijBegun, a consortium comprising SURF, TNO, the Dutch AI Coalition, and Samenwerking Noord has applied for European funding to establish an AI factory in Groningen. In…

News 27 June 2025

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What you need to know about... The AI Factory

Ronald Stolk, founding director of the upcoming AI factory, talks about the importance of autonomy and what this AI factory could mean for us. Listen to the new episode now!

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AI in education

From one month to all year round

Do you work in education and want to get a better grip on how to use AI? Then you no longer have to wait for the Month of AI: from now on, we offer year-round activities to help you deploy AI in a…

News 08 April 2025

A new maturity model: Thinking about responsible use of AI

Treating AI responsibly starts with thinking about ethical issues. Although the use of AI in teaching and research is still in its infancy, there is already a model that helps institutions organise AI ethics.

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SURFsounds special: between power and morality episode 4. Is there hope on the horizon?

In this fourth and final episode, we look for hope. It can be done differently! Jantien Borsboom, director of Public Spaces talks about how she does it and Rens van der Vorst who takes you through how he detaches himself and his students from ingrained ideas about what role technology should play for us.

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SURFsounds special: between power and morality episode 3. Who controls whom?

In previous episodes, the feeling that people think they are at the mercy of big technology companies came up several times. That was firmly debunked, but to what extent can we influence the course of technology in our lives? And how do we approach that?

SURF Sounds 31 minutes

There are opportunities and risks for AI in education, and the latter are mainly in the area of security and privacy.
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