Astra Tech, a consumer technology holding group, has partnered with the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) to launch the first Arabic ChatGPT in the Middle East and Africa. The GPT, integrated into the BOTIM app, will provide conversational commerce services such as international money transfers, bill payments, government services, and weather checks. The BOTIM Arabic ChatGPT will expand to include additional services, such as BOTIM stores and healthcare services, in the near future.
A select group of BOTIM’s 100 million-plus user base will have access to the feature initially, before gradually expanding. Meanwhile, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced that it is integrating ChatGPT technology from Microsoft to enhance its services. In February, Snap released an AI-enabled chatbot powered by OpenAI’s GPT technology, and OpenAI has unveiled GPT-4, the successor to an artificial intelligence tool that spawned viral services ChatGPT and the Dall-E image-creation programme.