Aramco unveils Metabrain, a 250bn-parameter industrial AI model
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In brief
At LEAP 2024 Aramco unveiled Aramco Metabrain AI, which the company describes as the industry's first generative AI model, with 250 billion parameters trained on 7 trillion data points from its roughly 90-year history.
At LEAP 2024 Aramco unveiled Aramco Metabrain AI, which the company describes as the industry's first generative AI model, with 250 billion parameters trained on 7 trillion data points from its roughly 90-year history. Aramco said the model combines language models, quantum computing and real-time analytics to assist with tasks such as analyzing drilling plans and geological data, and that it planned a 1 trillion-parameter version by the end of 2024.
Aramco CEO Amin Nasser said tasks that took hours can now be completed in seconds.
Key figures
- 250,000,000,000parameters (count)
- 7,000,000,000,000training data points (count)
Sources
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- 1Saudi Aramco introduces world's first industrial AI model Gulf News · 7 Mar 2024
- 2Aramco reveals 250B LLM; GAIA backed by $1 billion funding Middle East AI News · 7 Mar 2024
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Cicada Desk. "Aramco unveils Metabrain, a 250bn-parameter industrial AI model". Cicada, 4 March 2024. https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/aramco-metabrain-2024
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