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The past 30 years have marked an unprecedented historical period in the democratization of information. The emergence and evolution of the web, first, and the arrival of social media later, have enabled anyone with internet access to share their thoughts in their most absolute form of freedom, without the mediation of traditional media. However, what once seemed like the beginning of a golden age now confronts us with a paradox: we find ourselves trapped within frameworks built by a few major global information holders, using the very data that all of us have made freely available online over time. Based on these data, these same actors have created the large models for artificial intelligence that we use every day, both in our personal and professional lives, giving us a second illusion of innovation and freedom, despite clear side effects. The use of external services indeed enables immediate scalability, but it also introduces significant challenges when it comes to sensitive or proprietary data. The continuous transfer of information to third-party environments, technological dependency on the provider, the difficulty of predicting operational costs, energy inefficiency, and compliance implications make these models at least debatable. For Europe, this evolution also takes on a broader strategic dimension. Digital sovereignty is not only about data localization, but about the ability to control critical technologies. Fully relying on non-European infrastructures for information processing means exposing oneself to industrial and geopolitical vulnerabilities. So, let us ask ourselves: are we truly free, sovereign? And, above all, digitally autonomous? How can we reverse this trend over the next 30 years?
Xference develops AI inference infrastructure to turn theoretical models into real-world solutions. The platform optimizes model performance, provides elastic scaling and advanced observability,...
