Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has collaborated with two Chinese universities to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) system focusing on Arabic.
AceGPT is a large language model (LLM) built on Meta’s LlaMA2 and introduced by a Chinese-American professor at KAUST in collaboration with the School of Data Science, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHKSZ), and the Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data (SRIBD).
According to the project’s GitHub page, the model is intended to serve as an Arabic-speaking AI assistant and respond to queries in Arabic. However, the disclaimer stated that it might not produce “satisfactory results” in other languages.
In addition, according to the developers, the model has been improved to identify potential categories of misuse, such as mishandling sensitive information, producing harmful content, spreading misinformation, or failing safety checks.
However, due to a lack of safety checks, the project has cautioned users to use the software responsibly.
“We have not conducted an exhaustive safety check on the model, so users should exercise caution. We cannot overemphasize the need for responsible and judicious use of our model.”
AceGPT is rumored to have been developed utilizing open-source data and data crafted by researchers.
This occurs as Saudi Arabia continues its endeavors to become a regional leader in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. In July, the Saudi Arabian central bank and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority collaborated on tokens and payments.
Before that, the Saudi government partnered with the Sandbox metaverse platform in February to expedite future metaverse plans.
In August, U.S. regulators instructed AI chip manufacturer Nvidia and its competitor AMD to limit exports of their high-level semiconductor processors used to develop AI to “some” Middle Eastern nations.
However, U.S. regulators have denied explicitly prohibiting exports of AI processor technology to the Middle East.
