PHAROS: The Greek AI Factory for accelerating AI innovation

Pharos is led by the National Infrastructures for Research and Technology - GRNET and supported by a consortium including leading academic institutions, research centers and industry partners. The National Documentation Centre (EKT), with its rich datasets in science, culture, scientific terminology, and language resources—and in its role as the National Aggregator of Cultural Content via its SearchCulture.gr infrastructure—will participate in initiatives related to the Greek Language and Culture domain. These actions include, among others: the establishment of Greek Data Spaces for Language and Cultural Heritage in alignment with their European counterparts, the collection of training data for the creation of a large-scale Greek language model, the further aggregation of cultural data from Greek cultural institutions, and the creation of a toolkit comprising datasets, services, and AI models for use and reuse by SMEs and organizations active in the fields of culture and the humanities. Additionally, EKT will play an active role in the communication and dissemination of the project's actions and outcomes.