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MBZUAI , Core 42 launch Jais Climate bilingual LLM dedicated to sustainability
J ais Climate is a bilingual large language model , LLM dedicated to climate and sustainability . Developed through a partnership between Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence , MBZUAI , the world ’ s first graduate research university dedicated to artificial intelligence , AI , and Core42 , a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi-based technology holding group G42 , Jais Climate aims to inform , inspire , and drive awareness about climate change and sustainability .
As a means of informing national and international discussion , Jais Climate is predominantly fine-tuned with 1.4 million climate-related instructions to also provide detailed information about the UAE ’ s environmental policies , as well as the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference , COP28 UAE , which will convene in Dubai later this month .
Jais Climate was trained on ClimaInstruct , the largest instruction-based , bilingual dataset on climate and sustainability-related topics , prepared from various sources in English and Arabic languages .
Designed to support and empower a diverse audience , Jais Climate caters to government decision-makers , business leaders , students , and families , making climate data accessible to more than 274 million Arabic and 1.4 billion English speakers worldwide .
Andrew Jackson , Executive Vice President and Chief AI Officer at Core42
“ Jais Climate uses AI to make climate change information accessible and accurate , empowering millions of people to enhance their understanding of these complex issues ,” said Eric Xing , MBZUAI ’ s President and University Professor .
This is especially important as the UAE hosts COP28 UAE , shining a spotlight on how advanced technology and scientific research plays an important role in shaping future , sustainable solutions .
Andrew Jackson , Executive Vice President and Chief AI Officer at Core42 emphasised : “ Jais Climate is not just a technological milestone ; it is a testament to how innovation can drive meaningful change and societal progress . Our ambition is that by enabling accessibility to a vast corpus of verified climate data Jais Climate will not only support research but also foster heightened awareness across communities , furthering more conscious behaviours towards our planet .”
Jais Climate is built on Jais 13B , the highest-quality Arabic LLM co-developed by Core42 , MBZUAI , and Cerebras Systems , as well as on the technology and lessons learned from Vicuna , an open-source , energy-efficient LLM launched in April 2023 . The product of a global collaboration between researchers at MBZUAI , UC Berkeley , CMU , Stanford , and UC San Diego , Vicuna was developed to address the unsustainable costs and resources required for training chatbots .
Core42 is the UAE-based nationalscale enabler for cloud and generative AI , combining G42 ’ s expertise across multiple technology domains into a common platform for Enterprise AI . Building on a comprehensive set of capabilities across cloud infrastructure and services , data and AI , high-performance computing , and digital services , our mission is to empower organisations , industries , and nations through the transformative power of AI . •
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