OpenAI and G42 Partner to Enhance AI Capabilities in the Middle East Amid US Export Concerns
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AI giant OpenAI and Dubai-based tech company G42 have teamed up to expand AI capabilities in the Middle East, touching sectors such as finance, energy, healthcare, and public services. The partnership aims to facilitate the integration of AI into businesses in the UAE and neighboring regions, leveraging substantial AI infrastructure. The announcement follows a collaborative Arabic-based AI system project in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, US regulators continue to express concern over the export of AI semiconductor chips, implementing stricter licensing requirements for exports to 22 countries, including several in the Middle East.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) pioneer OpenAI, known for its AI chatbot ChatGPT, and G42, a tech-focused holding company based in Dubai, have formed a strategic alliance to bolster AI proficiencies in the Middle East. From Oct. 18, the duo will draw on OpenAI's generative AI designs to serve diverse sectors such as finance, energy, healthcare and public services which fall within G42's sphere of influence. G42 affirmed that entities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and neighboring areas leveraging their corporate solutions can now seamlessly incorporate advanced AI elements into their existing operations. The company is set to utilize its considerable AI infrastructure to bolster OpenAI's local and regional inference on Microsoft Azure data centers. According to Sam Altman, Co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, G42's industry inroads are poised to facilitate the delivery of regionally sensitive AI resolutions. This association will play a pivotal role in expanding generative AI on a global scale.
In related news, the recent development complements another initiative by Saudi Arabia, which saw a fruitful cooperation between a local educational institution and several Chinese universities to create an AI system built on Arabic. Dubbed AceGPT and based on Meta's Llama 2, the large language model (LLM) is specifically intended to serve as an AI assistant for Arabic speakers, handling inquiries in Arabic.
These developments surface amidst growing concerns by US regulators over the final destination of AI semiconductor chip exports, the Middle East included. In August, it was reported that US officials included "certain Middle Eastern nations" in its roster of areas where AI chip manufacturers Nvidia and its competitor AMD were advised to limit their export of top-tier semiconductor chips. Subsequent claims of US regulators blocking exports to the Middle East were refuted. Yet, the latest round of export controls on AI semiconductor chips imposed stricter licensing requirements for shipping advanced chips to "all 22 countries under a US arms embargo". This regulation affects Middle Eastern countries like Iraq, Iran and Lebanon in addition to its principal target, China.
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10/18/2023 9:44:42 PM
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