UAE’s G42 Announces Launch of AI Language Model ‘Jais’
Developed in partnership with Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), G42 announced the launch of a new Arabic Large Learning Language model open sourced by AI. ‘Jais’ a name inspired by UAE’s highest peak is a a result between the collaboration between MBZUAI and Cerebras Systems.
A model homegrown in the UAE of 13-billion parameters trained on 395-billion token Arabic and English dataset. Jais aims to bring the potential of AI to over 400 million Arabic speakers.
“We believe that innovation thrives when we collaborate,” says Andrew Jackson, CEO of Inception. “With this release, we are setting a new standard for AI advancement in the Middle East and ensuring that the Arabic language, with its depth and heritage, finds its voice within the AI landscape. Jais is a testament to our commitment to excellence and our dedication to democratizing AI and promoting innovation.”
MBZUAI President and University Professor Eric Xing said, ”Developing such a high-caliber Arabic LLM demanded cutting-edge AI research in addition to an in-depth and nuanced understanding of the Arabic language, its diversity and heritage, and the growing importance of LLMs across all echelons of society. Thanks to our research and partnerships with Inception and other top regional and global organizations, MBZUAI will continue pioneering LLMs that are efficient, effective, and accurate.”
Inception and MBZUAI established an academic partnership with various institutions to provide early access for testing purposes. Academic partners include Sorbonne Paris Nord – LIPN, NYU Abu Dhabi’s CAMeL Lab, Carnegie Mellon University, The University of Edinburgh and more.
Jais will also start to be utilised by several organisations including the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology, The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Etihad Airways, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), and e&.
“Our strategic partnership with G42 is already delivering pioneering results. A few weeks ago, we introduced the first multi-exaFLOP AI supercomputer, Condor Galaxy 1 (CG-1). Now, the partnership delivers another key breakthrough: the leading Arabic LLM for the open-source community,” said Andrew Feldman, co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems. “At Cerebras our passion is building groundbreaking technology. One of the great rewards is seeing the innovative ways it is used. Jais is a significant contribution to the international open-source community. It is also a testament to how incredibly easy CG-1 is to use and how it enables extremely rapid AI model development.”
