Portugal launches LLM Amália
- Portugal Business News - Valerie Charoux
- 1 day ago
- 2 min read
Tech News Europe - Portugal is launching its own LLM called Amália. Here are the specificities of Portugal´s LLM Amália and how it compares to ChatGPT:
What is Portugal´s LLM Amália?
Portugal´s AI Large Laguage Model (LLM) is called Amália and it is being launched in June 2026. Amália is an open LLM model for the Portuguese-speaking world and is expected to support various applications within Public Administration including the gov.pt portal.
How does Portugal´s LLM Amália compare to ChatGPT?
Compared to other open LLM models such as ChatGPT, Portugal´s LLM Amália will ensure Sovereignty over citizens' data, enabling the application of the latest AI advancements to domains such as Public Administration while ensuring that confidential data does not leave national territory.
Similarly, a number of European countries have developed their own LLM models such as:
Spain (ALIA, Salamandra)
Germany (OpenGPT-X, Teuken)
Poland (pllum)
Netherlands (GPT-NL)
Denmark (Munin)
Switzerland (Apertus).
What are the specificities of Portugal´s LLM Amália?
Portugal´s LLM Amália is an Automatic Multimodal Language Assistant using the Portuguese language.
Amália AI was developed to be used by Portuguese-speaking countries, with the aim to preserve linguistic specificities, cultural and contextual aspects of Portuguese from Portugal and its variants, something that AI models in English or Chinese often lack because they don't have access to relevant data. LLM Amália is considered strategic for Portugal since it is also oriented towards the development of the education system using tools adapted to the Portuguese context.
Who are the developers of Portugal´s LLM Amália?
Portugal´s LLM Amália was developed by Nova University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Coimbra, University of Porto, University of Minho, and the Foundation for Science and Technology.
How much did the development of Portugal´s LLM Amália cost?
Portugal´s LLM Amália represents an investment of more than 5 million euros by the Portuguese State, with support from EU PRR funds.
