The Saudi Arabian and Chinese universities will work on AceGPT, an Arabic-focused AI system based on Meta’s LlaMA2, designed as an AI assistant for Arabic speakers.
Every major country on the planet is leading efforts to create new artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has joined hands with two Chinese universities to create Arabic-centric artificial intelligence.aye) System.
This large language model (LLM), named AceGPT, is based on Meta’s LlaMA2 and was developed by a Chinese-American professor at KAUST in collaboration with the School of Data Science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHKSZ). Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data (SRIBD).
AceGPT is designed to serve as an AI assistant for Arabic speakers, capable of answering questions in Arabic. It is important to note that according to the project, the model may not produce satisfactory results in languages other than Arabic GitHub page,
Additionally, developers have incorporated features into the model to identify potential abuses, such as mishandling sensitive information, generating harmful content, spreading misinformation, or failing security checks.
Nonetheless, the project has urged users to be responsible in their use, citing a lack of security testing. “We have not conducted detailed security checks on the model, so users should exercise caution. We cannot overemphasize the need for responsible and judicious use of our models,” the project notes.
Saudi Arabia’s emphasis on AI and fintech
This development is in line with Saudi Arabia’s ongoing efforts to establish itself as a regional leader in emerging technologies such as AI. In July, the Saudi central bank collaborated with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority on tokenization and payments.
Earlier in February, the Saudi government joined forces with the Sandbox metaverse platform to accelerate its future metaverse initiatives. Emerging Tech Summit will be held in Saudi Arabia next month in November 2023.
The summit will welcome a diverse range of solution providers with expertise in AI, blockchain, cybersecurity, IoT and cloud computing, ready to meet the changing needs of attending companies. Deviating from the traditional trade show structure, ETS ensures substantial interaction between solution providers and key decision makers from companies that share their collaborative objectives.
US regulators advised AI chip makers in August NVIDIA And amd To restrict the export of its high-end semiconductor chips, which are essential for AI development, to unspecified Middle Eastern countries.
However, it is worth noting that US regulators later clarified that they have not explicitly banned the export of AI chips to the Middle East region.
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