Prime Minister inaugurates Arabic AI Large Language Model Fanar

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani inaugurated the Arabic Artificial I...

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani inaugurated the Arabic Artificial Intelligence Large Language Model (LLM) Fanar.

This came during the opening of the World Summit AI, which kicked off Tuesday under the auspices of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center.

The summit was attended by a number of Their Excellencies the Ministers and senior officials from inside and outside the country.

Fanar represents a remarkable achievement that reflects the State of Qatar's commitment to enhancing the presence of the Arabic language and the Arabic and Islamic culture in the age of AI. It comes as a result of fruitful cooperation between the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Hamad Bin Khalifa University, a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.

Themed ‘Putting Humanity at the Heart of AI,’ the summit focuses on discussing the pivotal issues related to the uses of AI, and highlights four main themes, including responsible governance, generative AI, accelerating the adoption of AI in various sectors, and the integration of AI technologies with human life.