Qatar’s first Arabic-centric LLM AI takes spotlight in ‘AI in Media’ Conference, a conversation with Fanar

Doha: Qatar s first Arabic centric Large Language Model AI platform Fanar takes the stage in the first day of Al Jazeera s second AI in Media Confer...

Doha: Qatar’s first Arabic-centric Large Language Model AI platform ‘Fanar’ takes the stage in the first day of Al Jazeera’s second AI in Media Conference held on Satuday, Januarry 11, 2025. 

The session brought together experts and innovators in the technology from Qatar Computing Research Institute, where they held a rich dialogue that gave exposure to the locally developed platform. 

"We're not competing with large language models like ChatGPT or Gemini," explained Dr Ahmed K Elmagarmid, Executive Director of Qatar Computing Research Institute. 

"Our goal is to fill a crucial gap - the lack of attention to Arabic language in AI development."