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UAE's AI university introduces world's largest 'fully open' models | The National

The UAE's Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence has released what it describes as one of the largest "fully open" model releases in AI history. MBZUAI on Thursday announced K2 Horizon, which the Abu Dhabi-based university says is actually six different AI models.

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