Mideast Titans Step Back From AI Model Race as US, China Dominate
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Within months of ChatGPT’s release in late 2022, research labs in the United Arab Emirates claimed to have developed credible rivals. At the top of the list was Falcon, a popular open-source artificial intelligence system built with government support, and Jais, a model named for the country’s highest mountain peak.
The “future of AI is not a distant dream, but a present reality,” Peng Xiao, chief executive officer of Emirati tech conglomerate G42, said in a statement in 2023 shortly after the firm launched Jais.