German AI consortium releases Soofi S, open 30B AI system

A German AI consortium announced the release of Soofi S. Soofi S is an open‑source AI with 30 billion parameters. Independent benchmarks show it outperforms competitors in English tasks. It also achieves top scores on German language evaluations. The system is freely available for research and commercial use. Developers can download the code and parameter data from the consortium’s portal. The release aims to democratize access to large‑scale AI capabilities. Observers will watch adoption rates across European tech firms.