Artificial intelligence in Switzerland: what’s new in 2026 

Improvements to Swiss AI model Apertus, generative AI in hospitals and prioritising technological sovereignty: in 2026, artificial intelligence will continue to transform Switzerland. In the new year, generative AI will spread into new domains in Switzerland, from hospitals and public institutions to small- and medium-sized businesses. The government will attempt to limit the risks of algorithmic discrimination. And as more nations reach for technological sovereignty, Switzerland could act as a mediator for international discussions on the governance of artificial intelligence. We talk with Thilo Stadelmann, professor of AI and machine learning at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, to get an idea of five big developments coming to the field of AI in Switzerland in 2026. 1. An AI model 'made in Switzerland' closer to users The biggest story about AI in Switzerland in 2025 was Apertus – the country's first large, multilingual, fully open-source public language model (LLM) ...