ARABIC LANGUAGE AI CHALLENGE
The UAE Government ’ s excellent guide to generative AI highlights one major problem with the technology – language .
The report says that Arabic language is spoken by more than 420 million people , making it the fifth most spoken worldwide .
However , the limited availability of Arabic language resources and tools in software applications is a significant obstacle to programming development in the Arab world , as most software applications primarily support English and other foreign languages .
AI and technology companies from the region are helping bridge this vital language divide .
Technology Innovation Institute ( TII ), a global research centre and applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi ’ s Advanced Technology Research Council , launched NOOR , the world ’ s largest Arabic natural language processing ( NLP ) model to date .
Astra Tech ( Astra ), a leading consumer technology holding group in MENA , launched the first Arabic Chat GPT in the MEA region , in collaboration with the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence ( MBZUAI ). The technology is integrated into the BOTIM app .
In July , Egyptian grocery delivery app RabbitMart claimed to have created the world ’ s first Arabic speaking AI-powered shopping assistant .
The major rival to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT , Google ’ s Bard solution has now ( 13 July ) launched in Arabic . Google says Bard can understand questions in 16 Arabic dialects including Egyptian , Saudi and Emirati .
By the time you tread this , expect further developments for Arabic language solutions – generative AI will not stand still .
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