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The rise of agentic AI: homegrown Lawa.AI gains momentum

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LLM Research Product Partnership Arabic AI

Summary

MBZUAI Provost Timothy Baldwin predicts that 2025 will be a breakout year for agentic AI, with 33% of enterprise software applications including agentic AI capabilities by 2028. MBZUAI doctoral students Wafa Alghallabi and Omkar Thawaker have launched Lawa.AI, an AI agent being tested on the university's website to provide faster answers and deeper understanding. Lawa.AI evolved from a research project in multimodal efficiency and LLMs and aims to bridge the gap between people and information in higher education and government. Why it matters: This highlights the UAE's focus on translating AI research into practical applications and the growing importance of agentic AI in various sectors.

Keywords

Agentic AI · MBZUAI · Lawa.AI · Wafa Alghallabi · Omkar Thawaker

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