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MBZUAI and G42 Launch K2 Think: A Leading Open-Source System for Advanced AI Reasoning

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 9, 2025 -- The Institute of Foundation Models at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) and G42 today announced the launch ...Full Article

MBZUAI Launches Institute of Foundation Models and Establishes Silicon Valley AI Lab

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2025 -- Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has expanded its global footprint with the launch of its Institute of Foundation Models (IFM). ...Full Article

MBZUAI Releases ‘Nanda,’ a New 10B-Parameter Hindi LLM for Generative AI

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 30, 2024 -- Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) – the world's first graduate-level artificial intelligence (AI) university dedicated to research ...Full Article

G42 Announces NANDA LLM to Drive Hindi AI Capabilities in India

MUMBAI, India and ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 10, 2024 -- G42, the UAE-based leading technology holding group, today announced that it will soon launch NANDA – a ...Full Article

MBZUAI Welcomes NLP Expert Professor Timothy Baldwin as Provost

April 2, 2024 -- Professor Timothy Baldwin has been appointed as the Provost of the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI). Professor Timothy Baldwin is a distinguished ...Full Article