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Middle East’s Leading AI Powerhouse TII Launches Two New AI Models: Falcon Arabic - the First Arabic Model in the Falcon Series & Falcon-H1, a Best-in-Class High-Performance Model

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Summary

TII in Abu Dhabi has launched Falcon Arabic, the first Arabic language model in the Falcon series, which is now the best-performing Arabic AI model in the region. They also released Falcon H1, a new model designed for performance and portability, outperforming Meta’s LLaMA and Alibaba’s Qwen in the small-to-medium size category. Falcon Arabic is built on Falcon 3-7B and trained on a high-quality native Arabic dataset. Why it matters: These releases strengthen the UAE's position as a leader in Arabic language AI and democratize access to high-performance AI models.

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Falcon Arabic · Falcon H1 · TII · UAE · Arabic LLM

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