Digital Jersey Insight Sessions are open, expert-led briefings designed to cut through the noise and focus on what matters next. Each session highlights practical opportunities for AI adoption and integration across key business topics, with a clear focus on priority sectors and real-world application for Jersey.
Insight Session 17 – Open Source: Running “Jersey-Local” Models
The business case for running Llama/Mistral on local servers. Data sovereignty benefits of avoiding US-cloud models.
What’s the real business case for running open models locally? This session unpacks the advantages of deploying models like Llama and Mistral on your own infrastructure, from cost control and performance to greater data sovereignty. We’ll explore how avoiding reliance on US-hosted cloud models can strengthen compliance, reduce risk, and give organizations more control over their AI strategy.
Thursday 22nd October – 9:00am – 10:00am
Free to Digital Jersey members
£30 (plus GST) to non-members
Malcom Mason
Highly motivated professional with over 20 years of IT experience within the Cloud, Data Science, Software, Managed Services, Global Telecommunications and UK Defence arenas. Passionate about driving the continued evolution of IT to where it becomes a natural extension of the customer. Carries a successful track record in architecting and evolving Cloud, Data, Managed Service and Software products to meet customer business and IT needs.
Consistently pushing the boundaries for next generation IT Services including Deep Learning and Narrow AI solutions. Author and co-author of papers for the ITU-T AI for Environmental Efficiency working group. A lifelong learner, devoting the majority of time, outside of work and family life, to advanced Data Science activities.