AI_dev: Open Source GenAI & ML Summit Europe 2025

Recent research has raised concerns about LLM-generated code exhibiting significant similarity to their training data, raising potential legal issues with incompatible software licenses. While Xu et al. established a benchmark for evaluating this phenomenon through their LiCoEVAL benchmark, showing small but significant portions of LLM outputs containing "notably similar" code to existing open-source implementations, these findings were limited by the scope of their reference dataset.

Cities are responsible for over 70% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, yet only 5% have GHG inventories in place. CityCatalyst is an open-source platform created to close this gap by helping cities build GHG inventories aligned with the international GPC Protocol and receive AI-powered recommendations for mitigation and adaptation actions based on their urban profile, climate risks, and emissions data.

The term “Sovereign AI" has sparked discussion around the future of AI and the role of open source in this trend. Cities, nation-states, and private and public organizations are interested in “sovereign" AI infrastructure as a way to build localized, relevant, and privacy-preserving solutions. LF Research, LF AI & Data, and Futurewei have partnered on a research study to explore this phenomenon, its motivations, challenges, and implications, and the role of open source in this context. In this session, we will discuss the key findings from the study’s webinar series and industry survey, reviewing the insights captured from technology leaders, practitioners, and decision-makers across companies, government agencies, and institutions actively working with AI. The panelists will present study results showing how and why organizations are implementing Responsible AI across different regions, standards and protocols needed to connect sovereign AI systems, and practical ways open source technologies are helping bridge separate AI ecosystems. We will also share concrete evidence on how organizations balance technological sovereignty with ongoing global collaboration.