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Join the AIRA pilot scheme for free – the Federated LLM from CEDIA and RedCLARA – an innovative initiative for researchers, academics and IT teams at universities and research centres linked to the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Until 24 April, researchers, lecturers, technical and administrative staff from various academic institutions in Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile and Brazil, associated with institutions belonging to the RNIE members of RedCLARA, namely (in the order of the countries listed above): CEDIA, CUDI, RAU, RedCONARE, RENATA, REUNA y RNP.

The AIRA pilot will begin on May 4^th and will run for one month.

AIRA (Intelligent Academic Network Agent) is a platform that provides access to multiple large-scale language models via a single interface, using each user’s institutional credentials through the Identity Federation. Designed for the academic and research ecosystem, with an emphasis on privacy, data sovereignty and ease of use, AIRA is a platform led by CEDIA that RedCLARA, together with its member NRENs, is rolling out regionally through a pilot scheme which we invite you to test. The aim is to validate the service, understand how researchers, lecturers, technical and administrative staff in different countries use it, and lay the foundations for offering it on a regional scale..

Register to take part in this pilot now at: Piloto regional — LLM federado: Formulario (only in Spanish).

NOTE: An LLM (Large Language Model) is a type of advanced artificial intelligence designed to understand, generate and process human language coherently; it uses neural networks to predict and produce text that emulates human speech. The LLM forms the basis of tools that are so popular today, such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Claude, etc.