The UAE’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) and the Secretariat of Management and Digital Government (SGGD) of the State of São Paulo in Brazil have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the 2024 World Governments Summit (WGS) 2024. According to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), the agreement aims to capitalize on ATRC’s technical expertise to seamlessly integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into São Paulo’s technological infrastructure and government services.
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Expanding beyond the Middle East
Within the partnership, São Paulo will explore and drive the adoption of Falcon Large Language Models (LLMs) and Falcon-powered solutions. The city will also encourage organizations and entities to join the Falcon Foundation and contribute to the advancement of open-source Falcon models. This collaboration expands Falcon’s reach beyond the Middle East, paving the way for global initiatives that will shape the future of technological innovation.
A leading open-source AI model
Falcon LLM, a leading open-source AI model, is part of the Falcon series developed by the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research arm of ATRC. In November 2023, ATRC and its commercialization arm, VentureOne, launched AI71, an AI company focused on delivering specialized AI models while offering decentralized data ownership options. Both TII and AI71 serve as important platforms for deploying the Falcon series of LLMs.
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