The Ukrainian nationwide giant language mannequin (LLM) will enter beta testing within the spring of 2026. The event is financed by Kyivstar, and the mannequin is being skilled on the Gemma household of fashions from Google.
The Ukrainian nationwide LLM (giant language mannequin) will enter beta testing in spring 2026, First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov introduced on Wednesday in Telegram, detailing the stage of growth, writes UNN.
The nationwide LLM will enter beta testing within the spring. Ukraine's mission is to enter the highest 3 nations on the earth for synthetic intelligence growth. One of many largest steps is the launch of its personal giant language mannequin, skilled on distinctive Ukrainian information.
– Fedorov wrote.
Who’s creating the nationwide LLM
"LLM growth requires sources, and in instances of struggle, all funds should be directed to protection. Subsequently, Kyivstar turned the technical companion of the challenge. The corporate funds the event of the nationwide giant language mannequin and can then switch it to the state," the Deputy Prime Minister acknowledged.
In line with him, the Ukrainian LLM will probably be skilled on Google's Gemma household of fashions – our strategic companion. "These are superior applied sciences that we’re adapting to the Ukrainian language and context," he famous.
"And the standard of the nationwide LLM growth will probably be examined by a gaggle of unbiased consultants from numerous fields, who will verify the mannequin for: technical high quality; ethics and security for customers; information of the Ukrainian language; understanding of the nationwide context," Fedorov mentioned.
What stage is the event at now?
"At present, a very powerful a part of the work is underway – accumulating information for LLM coaching. For prime quality, data from the web isn’t sufficient, so we’re working with authorities businesses, media, universities, and different establishments – these are terabytes of distinctive information," Fedorov mentioned.
In parallel, in response to him, a "authorized framework is being created to responsibly work with the information offered to us for mannequin coaching."
Additionally, he reported, "a gaggle of consultants is already engaged on creating benchmarks – checks for the language mannequin that can assist consider and enhance its high quality." This, the Deputy Prime Minister defined, "will enable us to maintain the effectiveness and security of the language mannequin in focus."
When to count on the launch of the Ukrainian LLM
In January 2026, we are going to have already got: the primary textual content base for LLM coaching; an improved tokenizer – a device that divides phrases into components in order that LLM processes language quicker and extra productively; our personal benchmarks for high quality evaluation. In spring 2026, we plan to launch beta testing. And the title for the Ukrainian LLM will probably be chosen by Ukrainians themselves – in January, we are going to begin voting in "Diia". We are going to make Ukraine an AI-first state.
– Fedorov concluded.
Addition
Final March, when asserting the beginning of growth, Fedorov acknowledged that the launch of the nationwide LLM would kickstart the mass manufacturing of Ukrainian AI instruments. In line with him, hundreds of AI merchandise are created based mostly on LLM – digital assistants like ChatGPT, textual content mills like Notion AI, and programming instruments like GitHub Copilot.